epiverse-trace / epidemics

A library of published compartmental epidemic models, and classes to represent demographic structure, non-pharmaceutical interventions, and vaccination regimes, to compose epidemic scenarios.
https://epiverse-trace.github.io/epidemics/
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Rename transmissibility to transmission rate #186

Closed pratikunterwegs closed 5 months ago

pratikunterwegs commented 5 months ago

This issue requests the renaming of the model parameter 'transmissibility' to 'transmission rate', in all function arguments and documentation.

Strictly speaking, $\beta$ is the effective contact rate ($R$ could also be called a 'transmssibility parameter'). Perhaps clearer to call $\beta$ the transmission rate (as long as consistent across the package).

_Originally posted by @adamkucharski in https://github.com/epiverse-trace/epidemics/pull/176#discussion_r1504872912_