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pixelbath on March 24, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Secret Fears of the Super-Rich

So the "r" stands for what, repeatability? Where did this jargon originate (and more importantly, why do web searches only turn up insulation values)?

Lost_BiomedE on March 24, 2011 [–]

reproduction:

It is a math model for infectious disease http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_modelling_of_infec...

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