OpenABM-Covid19 is an agent-based model (ABM) developed to simulate the spread of Covid-19 in a city and to analyse the effect of both passive and active intervention strategies. Interactions between individuals are modelled on networks representing households, work-places and random contacts. The infection is transmitted between these contacts and the progression of the disease in individuals is modelled. Instantaneous contract-tracing and quarantining of contacts is modelled allowing the evaluation of the design and configuration of digital contract-tracing mobile phone apps.

A full description of the model can be found here. A report evaluating the efficacy of various configurations of digital contract-tracing mobile phone apps can be found here. The model was developed by the Pathogen Dynamics group, at the Big Data Institute at the University of Oxford, in conjunction with IBM UK and Faculty. More details about our work can be found at www.coronavirus-fraser-group.org .

OpenABM-Covid19 requires a C compiler (such as gcc) and the GSL libraries installed. Python installation requires Python 3.7+

cd OpenABM-Covid19/src
make all

To install the Python interface, first install SWIG, then:

make swig-all

cd OpenABM-Covid19/src
./covid19ibm.exe <input_param_file> <param_line_number> <output_file_dir> <household_demographics_file>

where:

• input_param_file : is a csv file of parameter values (see params.h for description of parameters)
• param_line_number : the line number of the parameter file for which to use for the simulation
• output_file_dir : path to output directory (this directory must already exist)
• household_demographics_file : a csv file from which samples are taken to represent household demographics in the model

We recommend running the model via the Python interface (see Examples section with scripts and notebooks below). Alternatively

from COVID19.model import Model, Parameters
import COVID19.simulation as simulation

params = Parameters(
    input_param_file="./tests/data/baseline_parameters.csv",
    param_line_number=1,
    output_file_dir="./data_test",
    input_households="./tests/data/baseline_household_demographics.csv"
)
params.set_param( "n_total", 10000)

model = simulation.COVID19IBM(model = Model(params))
sim   = simulation.Simulation(env = model, end_time = 10 )
sim.steps( 10 )
print( sim.results )     

The examples/ directory contains some very simple Python scripts and Jupyter notebooks for running the model. The examples must be run from the example directory. In particular

1. examples/example_101.py - the simplest Python script for running the model
2. examples/example_101.ipynb - the simplest notebook of running the model and plotting some output
3. examples/example_102.ipynb - introduces a lock-down based upon the number of infected people and then after the lock-down turns on digital contact-tracing
4. examples/example_extended_output.ipynb - a detailed notebook analysing many aspect of the model and infection transmission.
5. examples/multi_run_simulator.py - an example of running the model multi-threaded

A full description of the tests run on the model can be found here. Tests are written using pytest and can be run from the main project directory by calling pytest. Tests require Python 3.6 or later. Individual tests can be run using, for instance, pytest tests/test_ibm.py::TestClass::test_hospitalised_zero. Tests have been run against modules listed in tests/requirements.txt in case they are to be run within a virtual environment.