id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-333265-na7f0yam Zeng, Yiping Forecasting of COVID-19 Spread with dynamic transmission rate 2020-08-21 .txt text/plain 3102 190 58 In Section 3, based on the least square method, the improved model is optimized by considering accumulated number of infected individuals and daily new cases. 1) The exposed individuals and infected individuals have same probability to infect susceptible individuals, that is β 1 =β 2 ; 2) There is no pedestrian flow between Hubei and outside Hubei, and COVID-19 spreads in the corresponding area; 3) Removed individual from the system has no ability to infect others; 4) The transmission rate β is assumed to follow an exponential function considering the fact that fewer individuals are infected after measures are in placed; 5) The removal rate γ is supposed to follow a power exponent function, and the removal rate increases as the time processes due to the better treatment. In our model, the transmission rate β is assumed to follow exponential function by considering the fact that fewer individuals are infected after measures to prevent the virus spread. ./cache/cord-333265-na7f0yam.txt ./txt/cord-333265-na7f0yam.txt