Table 3 Notation for semi-field data and semi-field model
Symbol | Description | Unit |
|---|---|---|
\(\text {C}\) | Wildcard for control arm of any experiment | Â |
\(\text {I}\) | Wildcard for intervention arm of any experiment | Â |
n | Number of mosquitoes released at the beginning of the experimental night | Dimensionless |
\(x_{\text {H}1}, x_{\text {H}2}, x_{\text {H}3}\) and \(x_{\text {H}4}\) | Number of mosquitoes caught in HLC period 1, 2, 3 and 4, respectively | Dimensionless |
\(x_{\text {T}}\) | Number of mosquitoes caught in the trap at the end of the experiment | Dimensionless |
\(x_{\text {L}}\) | Number of mosquitoes lost to follow-up at the end of the experiment | Dimensionless |
k | Index for night \(k \in \{1, \ldots , 16 \}\) | Â |
\(D_{k}\), \(D_{k}[\text {I}]\) or \(D_{k}[\text {C}]\) | Data \((x_{\text {H1}}, x_{\text {H2}}, x_{\text {H3}}, x_{\text {H4}}, x_{\text {T}}, x_{\text {L}})\) from night k of unspecified, control or intervention arm, respectively | Dimensionless vector |
D, \(D[\text {I}]\) or \(D[\text {C}]\) | Collection of \(D_{k}\), \(D_{k}[\text {I}]\) or \(D_{k}[\text {C}]\) over all available nights k of respective arm | Dimensionless vector |
t | Time | Hour |
\(P_{\text {A}}(t)\) | Probability to stay in host seeking state (\(\text {A}\)) within time t | Probability |
\(P_{\text {H}}(t)\) | Probability to get caught by HLC (move from \(\text {A}\) to \(\text {H}\)) within time t | Probability |
\(P_{\text {T}}(t)\) | Probability to get caught in the trap (move from \(\text {A}\) to \(\text {T}\)) within time t | Probability |
\(P_{\text {M}}(t)\) | Probability to die (move from \(\text {A}\) to \(\text {M}\)) within time t; \(P_{\text {M}}(\theta _{d})\) corresponds to \(\text {P}_{\text {A}\mu }\) in Fig. 2a | Probability |
\(p_{\text {H1}}, p_{\text {H2}}, p_{\text {H3}}, p_{\text {H4}}\) | Probability for a mosquito to get caught in HLC period 1, 2, 3 or 4, respectively | Probability |
\(p_{\text {T}}\) | Probability for a mosquito to get caught in the trap | Probability |
\(p_{\text {L}}\) | Probability for a mosquito to be lost to follow-up throughout the semi-field experiment, irrespective of being dead or alive. | Probability |
\(\text {pr}\) | Logarithm of probability density function | Log-density |