Table 2 Central tendency for the number of infected farms, maximum spread distance and economic cost for outbreaks originating in regions in England and Wales using movement and temperature data from 2006 and 2013.

From: Bayesian optimisation of restriction zones for bluetongue control

Policy

Train year

Test year

Infected farms (–)

Spread distance (km)

Economic cost (\(10^6\))

NMIZ

2006

\(1604_{-186}^{+161}\)

\(35.78_{-0.71}^{+1.27}\)

\(10.55_{-0.49}^{+0.62}\)

2013

\(714_{-109}^{+106}\)

\(29.23_{-1.51}^{+2.49}\)

\(8.96_{-0.60}^{+0.46}\)

MIZ

2006

\(1721_{-214}^{+189}\)

\(50.21_{-2.11}^{+3.19}\)

\(11.06_{-0.50}^{+0.91}\)

2013

\(744_{-110}^{+113}\)

\(39.79_{-3.77}^{+2.27}\)

\(9.27_{-0.45}^{+0.78}\)

OPT

2006

2006

\(1598_{-188}^{+175}\)

\(35.74_{-1.02}^{+1.20}\)

\(1.34_{-0.15}^{+0.07}\)

2013

\(717_{-93}^{+116}\)

\(30.08_{-1.52}^{+1.59}\)

\(0.81_{-0.09}^{+0.09}\)

2013

2006

\(1630_{-215}^{+176}\)

\(37.09_{-1.73}^{+1.01}\)

\(0.80_{-0.09}^{+0.06}\)

2013

\(723_{-107}^{+97}\)

\(29.73_{-1.79}^{+2.16}\)

\(0.52_{-0.06}^{+0.05}\)

  1. Each row corresponds to a different policy on the restriction of animal movements. Estimates are given by the median of 1,000 samples and are quoted with the 95% confidence interval derived from bootstrapping.