Contents

• Overview
  • Installation
  • Documentation
  • Development
• Installation
• Usage
• Software Architecture & Design
  • Summary
  • Principles
  • Layout
  • Application Layer
  • The Model Object
  • Components
  • Input Files
  • Output Files
  • Demographics
  • User Customizability
  • New Modeler Workflow
  • Glossary of Terms
• laser.core
  • laser.core package
• Migration
  • Gravity model
  • Capping the total fraction of population that can migrate / infectivity that can be exported on a given timestep
  • The Competing Destinations model
  • Stouffer’s rank model
  • Radiation model
• Population Pyramids
  • Example
  • Nigeria
• Kaplan-Meier Estimator for Predicting Age/Year of Death
  • Example
• SIR Model Example
  • Introduction
  • Code Implementation
  • Conclusion
• Vital Dynamics Model
  • Overview
  • Classes
  • Functions
  • Sections
  • Model Class
  • Births Component
  • Deaths Component
  • Utility Functions
• Simple Spatial SIR Model with Synthetic Data
  • Spatial Arrangement
  • Population Initialization
  • Model Components
  • Full Code Implementation
  • Migration in 2 Dimensions
• Simple Spatial SIR Model with Real Data
  • Design
  • Alternative Migration Approach
• Population Initialization, Squashing, and Snapshot Management in LASER
  • Important Detail
• Implementation Details: How to Add Squashing, Saving, Loading, and Correct R Tracking to a LASER SIR Model
  • 1. Add Squashing
  • 2. Save Function
  • 3. Load Function
  • 4. Preserve EULA’d Results
• Complete SIR LASER Model with Squashing and Snapshot Support
• LASER Performance Optimization
  • Identifying Performance Bottlenecks
  • Leveraging AI for Code Optimization
  • Unit Tests for Performance and Accuracy
  • Optimizing with NumPy and Numba
  • Beyond Numba: C and OpenMP
  • SIMD
  • GPU
  • Final Thoughts
• Calibration Workflow for LASER Models
  • Prerequisites
  • Calibration Workflow: Three Stages
  • Common Pitfalls
  • Expected Output
  • Troubleshooting
  • Best Practices
  • Next Steps
• Contributing
  • Bug reports
  • Documentation improvements
  • Feature requests and feedback
  • Development
• Authors
• Changelog
  • Unreleased
  • 1.0.2 (2026-05-19)
  • 1.0.1 (2026-02-26)
  • 1.0.0 (2025-12-16)
  • 0.9.1 (2025-12-09)
  • 0.9.0 (2025-12-09)
  • 0.8.1 (2025-12-08)
  • 0.8.0 (2025-11-25)
  • 0.7.0 (2025-10-30)
  • 0.6.0 (2025-07-24)
  • 0.5.1 (2025-06-05)
  • 0.5.0 (2025-06-02)
  • 0.4.1 (2025-05-27)
  • 0.4.0 (2025-01-31)
  • 0.3.0 (2025-01-28)
  • 0.2.0 (2025-01-15)
  • 0.1.1 (2024-11-19)
  • 0.1.0 (2024-11-18)
  • 0.0.3 (2024-11-05)
  • 0.0.2 (2024-11-04)
  • 0.0.1 (2023-11-18)

Indices and tables

• Index

• Module Index

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