contactMatrixAgeSchool: Calculate a contact matrix for age groups and schools

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Calculate a contact matrix for age groups and schools

Description

Calculate a contact matrix for age groups and schools

Usage

contactMatrixAgeSchool(
  agelims,
  agepops,
  schoolagegroups,
  schoolpops,
  schportion
)

Arguments

agelims	minimum age in years for each age group
agepops	population size of each age group
schoolagegroups	index of the age group covered by each school
schoolpops	population size of each school
schportion	portion of within-age-group contacts that are exclusively within school

Value

a square matrix with the contact rate of each group (row) with members of each other group (column)

Examples

contactMatrixAgeSchool(agelims = c(0, 5, 18), agepops = c(500, 1300, 8200),
schoolagegroups = c(2, 2), schoolpops = c(600, 700), schportion = 0.7)

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