Initialization: netsim Module — initialize.net • EpiModel

This function initializes the main netsim_dat class data object on which data are stored, simulates the initial state of the networks, and simulates disease status and other attributes.

Usage

initialize.net(x, param, init, control, s)

Arguments

x: If control$start == 1, either a fitted network model object of class netest or a list of such objects. If control$start > 1, an object of class netsim. When multiple networks are used, the node sets (including network size and nodal attributes) are assumed to be the same for all networks.
param: An EpiModel object of class param.net.
init: An EpiModel object of class init.net.
control: An EpiModel object of class control.net.
s: Simulation number, used for restarting dependent simulations.

Value

A netsim_dat class main data object.

Details

When re-initializing a simulation, the netsim object passed to initialize.net must contain the elements param, nwparam, epi, coef.form, and num.nw.