[SystemSafety] Accuracy of COVID modeling code

[Rob Alexander]

Hi all,

My understanding is:

* The model Derek discusses at
http://shape-of-code.coding-guidelines.com/2020/04/05/comments-on-the-covid-19-model-source-code-from-imperial/
is that used in Imperial College's "Report 13"
* The model now available (since 27 April) at
https://github.com/mrc-ide/covid-sim is ostensibly the model used in
their extremely-influential "Report 9", although it's been cleaned up
since then. Earliest commit looks to be 22 April.


Rob

On Wed, 6 May 2020 at 13:02, Derek M Jones <derek at knosof.co.uk> wrote:
>
> All,
>
> Governments are making Coronavirus decisions based on the predictions
> of models.
>
> Model predictions depend on the accuracy of the model and the accuracy
> of the code implementing the model.
>
> Some comments on the original, broad brush model:
> http://shape-of-code.coding-guidelines.com/2020/04/05/comments-on-the-covid-19-model-source-code-from-imperial/
>
> Now we have a detailed model, which I suspect is very new:
> https://github.com/mrc-ide/covid-sim
>
> I have not had much luck in drumming up reviewers for the earlier
> models.
>
> Please reach out to people with the expertise to review this new code.
>
> --
> Derek M. Jones           Evidence-based software engineering
> tel: +44 (0)1252 520667  blog:shape-of-code.coding-guidelines.com
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Dr Rob Alexander
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