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Table 5 Parameter estimates from analysis of reported reasons for attrition

From: Incidence and consequences of damage to insecticide-treated mosquito nets in Kenya

Parameter

Prior distribution

Description

Estimate (95% credible interval)

\({\mathrm{a}}_{\mathrm{c}}\)

\(\mathrm{Uniform}(0,{\mathrm{a}}_{1})\)

Rate of attrition by catastrophic damage

0.002 (0.0001, 0.010)

\({\mathrm{a}}_{\mathrm{i}}\)

\(\mathrm{Uniform}(0,\mathrm{min}\left(\frac{\mathrm{a}\left(\mathrm{t}\right)-{\mathrm{a}}_{\mathrm{c}}}{{\mathrm{P}}_{\mathrm{d}}\left(\mathrm{t}\right)}\right))\)

Rate of attrition by incremental damage

0.20 (0.14, 0.30)

\({\mathrm{P}}_{\mathrm{ix}}\)

\(\mathrm{Uniform}(\mathrm{0,1})\)

Proportion of incremental attrition reported as due to damage

0.69 (0.47, 0.97)