## Further Information

- This app (and all others) are structured such that the Shiny part (the graphical interface you are currently using and the server-side function that goes with it) calls an underlying R script which runs the simulation for the model of interest and returns the results.
- For this app, the underlying function running the simulation is called `simulate_idcontrol.R`. You can call this function directly, without going through the shiny app. Type `?simulate_idcontrol` into the R console for more information (you need to exit the graphical interface first or start a new R session). If you go that route, you need to use the results returned from this function and produce useful output (such as a plot) yourself.
- You could also modify this R function for your own purposes - though that requires some more R coding knowledge.
- To get a quick start explaining how to interact with the simulator functions directly, read the vignette for the package (type `vignette('DSAIDE')` into the R console).
- For some additional reading, see e.g. (Klepac et al. 2013, Klepac et al. (2015), Kirsch et al. (2017), Tognotti (2013)).

### References

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Klepac, Petra, Sebastian Funk, T Deirdre Hollingsworth, C Jessica E Metcalf, and Katie Hampson. 2015. “Six Challenges in the Eradication of Infectious Diseases.” Epidemics 10 (March): 97–101. doi:10.1016/j.epidem.2014.12.001.

Klepac, Petra, C Jessica E Metcalf, Angela R McLean, and Katie Hampson. 2013. “Towards the Endgame and Beyond: Complexities and Challenges for the Elimination of Infectious Diseases.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 368 (1623): 20120137. doi:10.1098/rstb.2012.0137.

Tognotti, Eugenia. 2013. “Lessons from the History of Quarantine, from Plague to Influenza a.” Emerging Infectious Diseases 19 (2): 254–59. doi:10.3201/eid1902.120312.