Research Article

Optimization of Site Selection for Emergency Medical Facilities considering the SEIR Model

Table 2

Parameters of SEIR model and their instructions.

ParameterInstruction

S (t)The number of susceptible people at time t
E (t)The number of exposed people at time t
I (t)The number of diagnosed infected people at time t
R (t)The cumulative number of recovered people at time t
The time delay of incubation period
The time delay of treatment observation period
The probability of exposed people
The transmission coefficient of diagnosed infected people
The number of patients who are contacted by susceptible people
The number of patients who are contacted in the first stage
The number of patients who are contacted in the second stage
The number of patients who are contacted in the third stage
The recovery probability of diagnosed infected people
Stage 1, the recovery rate of infected people when medical supplies are scarce
Stage 2, the recovery rate of infected people when the medical supplies are fully prepared
Stage 3, the recovery rate of infected people when the medical supplies are sufficient