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Table 1 The biological parameters used in the model

From: Comparative analysis of classical and Caputo models for COVID-19 spread: vaccination and stability assessment

Parameter

Explanation

(Caputo)

(Classical)

Source

\(\beta _{1}\)

the rate at which individuals are exposed to symptomatic

6.876e-04

1.079e-03

fitted

α

fractional-order

6.757e-01

1

fitted

\(\rho _{1}\)

asymptomatic infection rate

0.002

0.02

fixed

\(\beta _{2}\)

the rate at which individuals are infected to asymptomatic

0.005

0.01

fixed

\(\rho _{2}\)

symptomatic infection rate

0.005

0.005

fixed

Îł

the removal rate

1/9

1/12

fixed

ζ

the rate at which a vaccinated (not immune)

0.02

0.5

fixed

η

the transmission rate at which asymptomatic individual comes into contact and infects vaccinated (but still not immune) individuals

0.05

0.05

fixed

δ

the first shot vaccination rate

0.01

0.01

fixed

λ

the vaccine efficacy

0.05

0.002

fixed

ϵ

immunity and moving to the removed compartment

0.02

0.02

fixed