Table 4 Relative squared error of the median predicted HIV prevalence in 2004 for females and males (depicted in Fig. 1a,d).

From: Comparison of two simulators for individual based models in HIV epidemiology in a population with HSV 2 in Yaoundé (Cameroon)

Model

Females

Males

Si_Ba

1.142

1.035

Si_IO

0.267

0.681

Si_VL

2.048

2.868

Si_IO_VL

0.011

0.148

St_Ba

1.710

0.849

St_IO

0.445

0.211

St_RG

0.044

0.065

St_IO_RG

0.012

0.034

  1. Models: Si_Ba: Simpact 1.0 basic model; Si_IO: Simpact 1.0 model with inflow and outflow; Si_VL: Simpact 1.0 model with VL-dependent HIV transmission hazard; Si_IO_VL: Simpact 1.0 model with inflow, outflow, VL-dependent HIV transmission hazard; St_Ba: StepSyn 1.0 basic model; St_IO: StepSyn 1.0 model with inflow and outflow; St_RG: StepSyn 1.0 model with STI life history explicitly modeled; St_IO_RG: StepSyn 1.0 model with inflow, outflow and STI life history explicitly modeled.
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