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Table 2 Simulation study inputs

From: Using a novel genetic algorithm to assess peer influence on willingness to use pre-exposure prophylaxis in networks of Black men who have sex with men

Input

Values

Notes

Network size

\(N=4,10,20,50\)

Reachability enforced

Degree

\(d=2,5,9\)

Minimum degree \(d=1\) for all nodes

Self-weight

\(w_{ii}=0.1,0.5,0.8\)

Beta distribution with \(\kappa =\alpha +\beta =10\)

Time steps

\(T=2,3,6,11\)

Performance assessed on \(t=1,\ldots ,20\)

Missingness

\(0\%,10\%,25\%,50\%\)

Minimum 2 observations per agent

  1. Values for factors used in the simulation study