Vector bionomics and vectorial capacity as emergent properties of mosquito behaviors and ecology
Table 2
State transitions & waiting times.
In MBITES, it is possible to compute the expected state transitions and waiting times from any state to the next state. In MBDETES and limiting cases of MBITES, these single-state transition expectations can be used to estimate the state transition probabilities and waiting times from one state to every other state, including the length of a gonotrophic cycle, from resting to resting (i.e., from R → R). The table gives formulas for the probability of surviving to reach the behavioral state Y starting from another state X, ΨX,Y, where X, Y ∈ {L, O, F, B, R}. Note that PX,Y denotes the single activity bout probability of a state transition. It also gives the expected waiting time to Y from X is TX,Y. These formulae are expressed in terms of the single bout state transitions and waiting times, PX,Y and (or they can be by making a simple substitution from one of the formulas appearing in the table above it).