News
====

1.8
---

* Release date: UNRELEASED*

* Ae. albopictus population dynamics model update initiated

1.7
---

* Release date: UNRELEASED*

* Age-structured deterministic and stochastic population dynamics model

1.6
---

* Release date: 27 February 2017

* This is the model as presented in
  Erguler K, Pontiki I, Zittis G, Proestos Y, Christodoulou V, Tsirigotakis N, Antoniou M, Kasap OE, Alten B, Lelieveld J. Using longitudinal surveillance data to analyse the environmental dependence of vector populations: the case of sand flies. Scientific Reports. 2018 (submitted)

1.5
---

* Release date: UNRELEASED*

* Sand fly model update (environmental dependence: functional dependence)

1.4
---

* Release date: UNRELEASED*

* Sand fly model update

1.3
---

* Release date: UNRELEASED*

* Preliminary study for a global albopictus-chikungunya model
* Testing a new hypothesis for diapause

1.2
---

* Release date: 7 June 2017

* Includes plotting routines for prior and posterior distributions

1.1
---

* Release date: UNRELEASED*

* Preliminary study for a global albopictus-chikungunya model

1.0
---

* Release date: 14 February 2017

* Revised version of the chikungunya model as presented in
  Erguler K, Chandra NL, Proestos Y, Lelieveld J, Christophides GK, Parham PE. A large-scale stochastic spatiotemporal model for Aedes albopictus-borne chikungunya epidemiology. PLOS ONE. 2017 (under review)

0.9
---

* Release date: UNRELEASED*

* Preliminary study for a sand fly model

0.8
---

* Release date: 16 November 2016

* The 'chikv' model is updated to model spread with stable population sizes in patches
* The Ae. albopictus population dynamics model v.0.3 is available as vector03
* The prior distribution for vector03 is available as prior03
* This is the model as presented in
  Erguler K, Chandra NL, Proestos Y, Lelieveld J, Christophides GK, Parham PE. A large-scale stochastic spatiotemporal model for Aedes albopictus-borne chikungunya epidemiology. PLOS ONE. 2016 (submitted)

0.7
---

* Release date: UNRELEASED*

* The 'chikv' model is updated to model spread with stable population sizes in patches

0.6
---

* Release date: UNRELEASED*

* The spatiotemporal 'chikv' model is added, which models the Ae. albopictus-borne Chikungunya transmission

0.5
---

* Release date: UNRELEASED*

* Hash function for Gamma distribution was implemented for improved flexibility and performance

0.4
---

* Release date: UNRELEASED*

* Includes initial improvements on the vector population model

0.3
---

* Release date: 9 February 2016

* This is the model as presented in
  Erguler K, Smith-Unna SE, Waldock J, Proestos Y, Christophides GK, Lelieveld J, Parham PE. Large-scale modelling of the environmentally-driven population dynamics of temperate Aedes albopictus (Skuse). PLOS ONE. 2016 (in press)

* This version also includes posterior Q1b, which is sampled from posterior mode Q1 for subsequent research

0.2
---

* Release date: UNRELEASED*

* Includes the prior distribution

0.1
---

* Release date: UNRELEASED*

* Initial commit

