COVID-19 Submodel for the NC MInD ABM Overview, Design Concepts, and Details Protocol

TL;DR

This paper presents an extension to an agent-based model framework, specifically a COVID-19 submodel for North Carolina, detailing its design, components, and implementation without discussing simulation results.

Contribution

It introduces a detailed COVID-19 submodel within an existing agent-based modeling framework for North Carolina, enhancing infectious disease simulation capabilities.

Findings

Provides a comprehensive description of the COVID-19 submodel

Details the implementation of the submodel components

Serves as a foundation for future simulation studies

Abstract

This Overview, Design Concepts, and Details (ODD) Protocol is an ODD extension to an agent-based model (ABM) framework built for the North Carolina Modeling Infectious Diseases Program (NC MInD). The model, NC MInD ABM, can be used as a base model for various infectious disease simulations. In this document, we describe a submodel specifically designed to simulate COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations within North Carolina. We describe in detail how each piece of the submodel works and how it was created. We do not discuss specific simulation scenarios or results. This information is reserved for papers related to each use case of the submodel.