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Direct linkNelson, Mark Ian – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2021
A textbook model of a contagious disease, the dynamics of which are represented by the SIS epidemic model with saturating treatment, is considered. I show that this model, as originally formulated, is not dimensionally consistent. The model can be fixed by including a dimensional constant [alpha] of value one (with units individuals[superscript…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Models, Communicable Diseases, Epidemiology
