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Table 1 List of symbols

From: Measuring the effect of commuting on the performance of the Bayesian Aerosol Release Detector

Symbol

Meaning

t

release date and time

x, y, h,

release coordinates

q

release quantity

n i

population of tract i

c i

number of cases who live in tract i

d i

dose of spores in the centroid of tract i

θ i

ED-visit probability of each individual who lives in tract i, given that a release has occurred and assuming that commuting has not taken place

G

commuting graph: nodes denote tracts, arcs denote commuting flows

n ij

for i ≠ j, number of people who live in tract i and work in tract j; for i = j, number of people who live in tract i and who either don't work or work in tract i

c ij

for i ≠ j, number of cases who live in tract i and work in tract j; for i = j, number of cases who live in tract i and who either don't work or work in tract i

Out (i)

union of set {i} with the set of all tracts where people who live in tract i work

ED-visit probability of each individual who lives in tract i, given that a release has occurred and assuming that commuting has taken place