givemepseudonyms / epidemic-sim

An agent-based model designed to model epidemics with varying degrees of infectivity, lethality, vaccination rates, mask-wearing, hand-washing. Written in Python. Started Oct 2022.

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epidemic-sim's Issues

GUI window freezes when simulation is running

The GUI window freezes when the simulation is running and gives no indication that work is being done in the background.

Potential solutions:

• run simulation in a new thread to keep the GUI thread responsive
• add self.WINDOW.update() to simulation thread and move debug data into the GUI window

GUI refresh

The current GUI has limitations and is disorganised. there are solutions:

• Use a tab system to view and change settings relating to each category of the sim. This will allow for more options and will scale better in the future.

Debug panel

It would be helpful to add a debug panel so the user can see what progress is being made whilst the sim runs.

• Add debug tab to tabs list and put a textview into it which updates with debug info.

Spacing issues in GUI

Tkinter.Scale() objects create spacing issues not congruent with the default spacing between other widgets.

potential fix:

• use ttk scale widget, however this introduces a new issue of no label availability to show the selected number.

Add data labels for when options are changed

It would be nice to see labels where options change IE vaccinations start, first death, changes to infectiousness etc.

mask-wearing option

Vaccinations are now an available option, so mask-usage should also be added.

total people drops below intended level during times of reducing infection, increasing immunity (see black line at top)