Simulitis (A Coronavirus Simulation)

MATLAB code to replicate Washington Post's Coronavirus simulation

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Joshua Gafford (2026). Simulitis (A Coronavirus Simulation) (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/74610-simulitis-a-coronavirus-simulation), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

General Information

MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with R2018b and later releases

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
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1.1.2

Fixed an issue with initial conditions and wall behavior

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1.1.1

Fixed an issue where the quarantine walls would stop opening

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1.1.0

Added horizontal wall for four-quadrant quarantine simulation

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1.0.9

Fixed a typo

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1.0.8

Added ability to stop quarantine gate from fully opening.

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1.0.7

Removed unnecessary refreshdata calls to speed up execution.

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1.0.6

Modified simulation so only carriers behind quarantine wall can be initially infected.

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1.0.5

Corrected input parsing for quarantine gate functionality

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1.0.4

Added quarantine functionality.

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1.0.3

Updated Tags

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1.0.2

Fixed an issue with vector size inconsistencies and improved parameter checking

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1.0.1

Removed commented-out code

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1.0.0

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