print.dcm: Print Method for DCM Objects

In EpiModel: Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Disease Dynamics

Print Method for DCM Objects

Description

Prints a summary of a deterministic compartmental model object, including the model type, number of runs, time steps, model parameters, and output variable names.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'dcm'
print(x, ...)

Arguments

x	An object of class dcm, from dcm().
...	Additional arguments (currently ignored).

Details

Given a dcm object, print.dcm displays:

• Simulation summary: model class, model type (e.g., SI, SIR, SIS; omitted for new/custom models), number of runs, number of time steps, and number of groups.

• Model parameters: all parameters passed via param.dcm(), excluding internal bookkeeping parameters (groups, vital).

• Model output: the names of all epidemic output variables stored in the model.

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