Modelling the risk of Japanese encephalitis virus in Victoria, Australia, using an expert-systems approach

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 1 Sensitivity analysis

Criteria	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Criteria	Original weights	-15%	-25%	15%	25%	-15%	-25%	15%	25%	-15%	-25%	15%	25%	-15%	-25%	15%	25%
Climate	40	34	30	46	50	41	42	39	38	41	42	39	38	40	41	40	39
Proximity to piggeries	27	29	30	25	24	23	20	31	34	28	29	26	25	27	28	27	26
Proximity to wetlands	24	26	27	22	21	25	26	23	22	20	18	28	30	24	25	24	23
Population density	9	11	12	7	6	10	11	8	7	10	11	8	7	8	7	10	11

Sixteen sensitivity analyses were conducted. The highlighted rows indicate the criterion under analysis. The percentages represent the variation being applied to the criterion’s weight under analysis. Other criteria weights are modified proportionally to keep the sum of the criteria’s weights equal to 1

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