@@ -383,7 +383,11 @@ scenario, and input draw.
383383 with 100K simulants each)
384384 - None
385385 * - 1.0
386- - * Verify crude birth rate (CBR) against GBD
386+ - **Note: ** All these checks can be done separately for each age
387+ group and sex, but due to the large number of age groups, it may
388+ be more prudent to start by looking at aggregated results.
389+
390+ * Verify crude birth rate (CBR) against GBD
387391 * Verify ACMR against GBD
388392 * Validate Alzheimer's CSMR against GBD
389393 * Verify Alzheimer's incidence rate against GBD
@@ -393,12 +397,45 @@ scenario, and input draw.
393397 * Check whether overall population remains stable over time
394398 * Check whether Alzheimer's prevalence remains stable over time
395399 * For comparison with model 2, calculate total "real world"
396- Alzheimer's population over time as :math: `p_\text {AD} \cdot X_t
397- / S`, where :math: `p_\text {AD}` is prevalence of AD, :math: `X_t`
398- is the simulated population at time :math: `t`, and :math: `S =
399- X_{2025 }` / (real population in 2025) is the model scale.
400+ Alzheimer's population over time as :math: `p_\text {AD}(t) \cdot
401+ X_t / S`, where :math: `p_\text {AD}(t)` is prevalence of AD at
402+ time :math: `t`, :math: `X_t` is the simulated population at time
403+ :math: `t`, and :math: `S = X_{2025 }` / (real total population in
404+ 2025) is the model scale
400405 - * Birth observer was missing, so we couldn't verify CBR
406+ * Total population per draw was 200k instead of 100k, and there
407+ were 10 draws instead of 25
401408 * Timestep was 182 days, resulting in 3 timesteps in 2025, making
402- population counts 1.5 times what they should be; we'll change
403- timestep to 183 days for future models
409+ population counts 1.5 times what they should be in 2025; we'll
410+ change the timestep to 183 days for future models
411+ * Total population decreased monotonically during the 76 years of
412+ the sim from 200k to about 170k in USA and about 125k in China
413+ -
414+ * - 2.0
415+ - **Note: ** All these checks can be done separately for each age
416+ group and sex, but it may be more prudent to start by looking at
417+ aggregated results.
418+
419+ * Verify the number of new simulants per year against the :ref: `AD
420+ population model <other_models_alzheimers_population>`
421+ * Use interactive sim to verify initial population structure
422+ against the :ref: `AD population model
423+ <other_models_alzheimers_population>`
424+ * Verify that all simulants in the model have AD (i.e., all
425+ recorded person-time is in the "AD" state, not the "susceptible"
426+ state)
427+ * Verify that there are no transitions between AD states during
428+ the simulation (since it's an SI model and all simulants should
429+ be in the I state the whole time)
430+ * Verify ACMR against GBD
431+ * Validate Alzheimer's CSMR against GBD
432+ * Validate Alzheimer's EMR against GBD
433+ * Validate Alzheimer's YLLs and YLDs against GBD
434+ * For comparison with model 1, calculate total "real world"
435+ Alzheimer's population over time as :math: `X_t / S`, where
436+ :math: `X_t` is the simulated population at time :math: `t`, and
437+ :math: `S = X_{2025 }` / (real population with AD in 2025) is the
438+ model scale (I'm not sure how closely we expect this to match
439+ model 1)
440+ -
404441 -
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