The Artificial University: Decision Support for Universities in the COVID-19 Era

Table 1

Basic characteristics of the two types of universities tested.

Characteristic	Four-year college	Large research university
Size and composition	6,500 students, faculty, and staff, no graduate students	37,200 students, graduate students, faculty, and staff
Student-facing staff	10% of staff are student-facing, with 100 interactions per day with students	10% of staff are student-facing, with 200 interactions per day with students
Testing	Maximum 1,000 infection tests and maximum 100 antibody tests per day	Maximum 5,000 infection tests and maximum 500 antibody tests per day
Living arrangements	3 dining halls serving a mix of large dorms sharing bathrooms and apartment style living for on-campus residents; others commute from apartments and homes	15 dining halls serving a mix of large dorms sharing bathrooms and apartment style living for on-campus residents; others commute from apartments and homes; same ratios as for the four-year college

Note. Most configurable aspects of the universities are scaled with population size in a nearly linear fashion.