Table 3 Overview of the model selection results for the measured contact duration (see Fig. 5a), based on Akaike weights.

From: Modelling the dynamic relationship between spread of infection and observed crowd movement patterns at large scale events

Model

MLE parameters

95% CI

\(\Delta\)AIC

Akaike weights

Exponential

\(\lambda =0.0518\)

(0.0514, 0.0521)

69,852

0

Truncated power law

\(\alpha =1.4533\)

(1.4473, 1.4593)

0

1

Log-normal

\(\mu =2.1575\)

(2.1490, 2.1661)

39,884

0

\(\sigma =1.2074\)

(1.2014, 1.2135)

Stretched exponential

\(\lambda =1.9569\)

(1.9469, 1.9669)

1186

0

\(\beta =0.2220\)

(0.2210, 0.2230)