📈 The Heterogeneous Susceptibility SIR Model: Beyond the “Average” Host 🧬
🧬 Overview and Conceptual Motivation Classical epidemic models commonly assume homogeneous mixing and identical susceptibility across individuals. The Heterogeneous Susceptibility SIR model relaxes this assumption by explicitly recognizing that individuals differ in their vulnerability to infection due to genetics, prior immunity, age, health status, or behavior. By incorporating variation in susceptibility, this framework explains why … Read more