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Fast prototyping of epidemiological models based on reaction equations. Analyze the ODEs analytically or numerically, or run/animate stochastic simulations on networks/well-mixed systems.

repository: https://github.com/benmaier/epipack/
documentation: http://epipack.benmaier.org/

import epipack as epk
from epipack.vis import visualize
import netwulf as nw

network, _, __ = nw.load('cookbook/readme_vis/MHRN.json')
N = len(network['nodes'])
links = [ (l['source'], l['target'], 1.0) for l in network['links'] ]

S, I, R = list("SIR")
model = epk.StochasticEpiModel([S,I,R],N,links)\
            .set_link_transmission_processes([ (I, S, 1.0, I, I) ])\
            .set_node_transition_processes([ (I, 1.0, R) ])\
            .set_random_initial_conditions({ S: N-5, I: 5 })

visualize(model, network, sampling_dt=0.1)

sir-example

Idea

Simple compartmental models of infectious diseases are useful to investigate effects of certain processes on disease dissemination. Using pen and paper, quickly adding/removing compartments and transition processes is easy, yet the analytical and numerical analysis or stochastic simulations can be tedious to set up and debug—especially when the model changes (even slightly). epipack aims at streamlining this process such that all the analysis steps can be performed in an efficient manner, simply by defining processes based on reaction equations. epipack provides three main base classes to accomodate different problems.

EpiModel: Define a model based on transition, birth, death, fission, fusion, or transmission reactions, integrate the ordinary differential equations (ODEs) of the corresponding well-mixed system numerically or simulate it using Gillespie's algorithm. Process rates can be numerical functions of time and the system state.
SymbolicEpiModel: Define a model based on transition, birth, death, fission, fusion, or transmission reactions. Obtain the ODEs, fixed points, Jacobian, and the Jacobian's eigenvalues at fixed points as symbolic expressions. Process rates can be symbolic expressions of time and the system state. Set numerical parameter values and integrate the ODEs numerically or simulate the stochastic systems using Gillespie's algorithm.
StochasticEpiModel: Define a model based on node transition and link transmission reactions. Add conditional link transmission reactions. Simulate your model on any (un-/)directed, (un-/)weighted static/temporal network, or in a well-mixed system.

Additionally, epipack provides a visualization framework to animate stochastic simulations on networks, lattices, well-mixed systems, or reaction-diffusion systems based on MatrixEpiModel.

Check out the Example section for some demos.

Note that the internal simulation algorithm for network simulations is based on the following paper:

"Efficient sampling of spreading processes on complex networks using a composition and rejection algorithm", G.St-Onge, J.-G. Young, L. Hébert-Dufresne, and L. J. Dubé, Comput. Phys. Commun. 240, 30-37 (2019), http://arxiv.org/abs/1808.05859.

Install

pip install epipack

epipack was developed and tested for

Python 3.6
Python 3.7
Python 3.8

So far, the package's functionality was tested on Mac OS X and CentOS only.

Dependencies

epipack directly depends on the following packages which will be installed by pip during the installation process

numpy>=1.17
scipy>=1.3
sympy==1.6
pyglet<1.6
matplotlib>=3.0.0
ipython>=7.14.0
ipywidgets>=7.5.1

Please note that fast network simulations are only available if you install

SamplableSet==2.0 (SamplableSet)

manually (pip won't do it for you).

Documentation

The full documentation is available at epipack.benmaier.org.

Changelog

Changes are logged in a separate file.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. Note that this excludes any images/pictures/figures shown here or in the documentation.

Contributing

If you want to contribute to this project, please make sure to read the code of conduct and the contributing guidelines. In case you're wondering about what to contribute, we're always collecting ideas of what we want to implement next in the outlook notes.

Examples

Let's define an SIRS model with infection rate eta, recovery rate rho, and waning immunity rate omega and analyze the system

Pure Numeric Models

Basic Definition (EpiModel)

Define a pure numeric model with EpiModel. Integrate the ODEs or simulate the system stochastically.

from epipack import EpiModel
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np

S, I, R = list("SIR")
N = 1000

SIRS = EpiModel([S,I,R],N)\
    .set_processes([
        #### transmission process ####
        # S + I (eta=2.5/d)-> I + I
        (S, I, 2.5, I, I),

        #### transition processes ####
        # I (rho=1/d)-> R
        # R (omega=1/14d)-> S
        (I, 1, R),
        (R, 1/14, S),
    ])\
    .set_initial_conditions({S:N-10, I:10})

t = np.linspace(0,40,1000) 
result_int = SIRS.integrate(t)
t_sim, result_sim = SIRS.simulate(t[-1])

for C in SIRS.compartments:
    plt.plot(t, result_int[C])
    plt.plot(t_sim, result_sim[C])

numeric-model

Functional Rates

It's also straight-forward to define temporally varying (functional) rates.

import numpy as np
from epipack import SISModel

N = 100
recovery_rate = 1.0

def infection_rate(t, y, *args, **kwargs):
    return 3 + np.sin(2*np.pi*t/100)

SIS = SISModel(
            infection_rate=infection_rate, 
            recovery_rate=recovery_rate,
            initial_population_size=N
            )\
        .set_initial_conditions({
            'S': 90,
            'I': 10,
        })

t = np.arange(200)
result_int = SIS.integrate(t)
t_sim, result_sim = SIS.simulate(199)

for C in SIS.compartments:
    plt.plot(t_sim, result_sim[C])
    plt.plot(t, result_int[C])

numeric-model-time-varying

Symbolic Models

Basic Definition

Symbolic models are more powerful because they can do the same as the pure numeric models while also offering the possibility to do analytical evaluations

from epipack import SymbolicEpiModel
import sympy as sy

S, I, R, eta, rho, omega = sy.symbols("S I R eta rho omega")

SIRS = SymbolicEpiModel([S,I,R])\
    .set_processes([
        (S, I, eta, I, I),
        (I, rho, R),
        (R, omega, S),
    ])

Analytical Evaluations

Print the ODE system in a Jupyter notebook

>>> SIRS.ODEs_jupyter()

ODEs

Get the Jacobian

>>> SIRS.jacobian()

Jacobian

Find the fixed points

>>> SIRS.find_fixed_points()

fixedpoints

Get the eigenvalues at the disease-free state in order to find the epidemic threshold

>>> SIRS.get_eigenvalues_at_disease_free_state()
{-omega: 1, eta - rho: 1, 0: 1}

Numerical Evaluations

Set numerical parameter values and integrate the ODEs numerically

>>> SIRS.set_parameter_values({eta: 2.5, rho: 1.0, omega:1/14})
>>> t = np.linspace(0,40,1000)
>>> result = SIRS.integrate(t)

If set up as

>>> N = 10000
>>> SIRS = SymbolicEpiModel([S,I,R],N)

the system can simulated directly.

>>> t_sim, result_sim = SIRS.simulate(40)

Temporally Varying Rates

Let's set up some temporally varying rates

from epipack import SymbolicEpiModel
import sympy as sy

S, I, R, eta, rho, omega, t, T = \
        sy.symbols("S I R eta rho omega t T")

N = 1000
SIRS = SymbolicEpiModel([S,I,R],N)\
    .set_processes([
        (S, I, 2+sy.cos(2*sy.pi*t/T), I, I),
        (I, rho, R),
        (R, omega, S),
    ])  

SIRS.ODEs_jupyter()

SIRS-forced-ODEs

Now we can integrate the ODEs or simulate the system using Gillespie's SSA for inhomogeneous Poisson processes.

import numpy as np

SIRS.set_parameter_values({
    rho : 1,
    omega : 1/14,
    T : 100,
})
SIRS.set_initial_conditions({S:N-100, I:100})
_t = np.linspace(0,200,1000)
result = SIRS.integrate(_t)
t_sim, result_sim = SIRS.simulate(max(_t))

SIRS-forced-results

Interactive Analyses

epipack offers a classs called InteractiveIntegrator that allows an interactive exploration of a system in a Jupyter notebook.

Make sure to first run

%matplotlib widget

in a cell.

from epipack import SymbolicEpiModel
from epipack.interactive import InteractiveIntegrator, Range, LogRange
import sympy

S, I, R, R0, tau, omega = sympy.symbols("S I R R_0 tau omega")

I0 = 0.01
model = SymbolicEpiModel([S,I,R])\
             .set_processes([
                    (S, I, R0/tau, I, I),
                    (I, 1/tau, R),
                    (R, omega, S),

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Install / Use

README