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Area of Science:

  • Mathematical Biology
  • Computational Physics
  • Epidemiology

Background:

  • The WKB approximation, a method from mathematical physics, is useful for analyzing the time to extinction in infectious disease models.
  • Practical implementation challenges, particularly the numerical computation of sensitive 'extinction paths' in high-dimensional dynamical systems, have limited its widespread adoption.
  • Existing methods require complex computations that are sensitive to small perturbations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To enhance the accessibility and practical application of WKB approximation in infectious disease modeling.
  • To present novel computational algorithms and associated code for calculating extinction times.
  • To improve the numerical stability and convergence of extinction path computations.

Main Methods:

  • Development and presentation of four computational algorithms for WKB approximation in infectious disease dynamics.
  • Provision of associated Matlab code to facilitate implementation.
  • Exploration of algorithm tuning strategies to achieve satisfactory numerical convergence.
  • Application of methods to three standard infectious disease models.

Main Results:

  • The presented algorithms successfully compute extinction paths for standard infectious disease models.
  • Three of the four algorithms offer novel approaches to this problem within infectious disease modeling.
  • The developed methods demonstrate improvements over previously available computational results for extinction time analysis.
  • Enhanced numerical stability and convergence were achieved through algorithm tuning.

Conclusions:

  • The new computational algorithms make WKB approximation more accessible for analyzing infectious disease extinction.
  • These methods provide improved tools for understanding disease dynamics and predicting extinction times.
  • The study facilitates further research at the intersection of mathematical physics and computational epidemiology.