About the Authors

Adam Mahdi

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Jacob Sturdy

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Johnny T. Ottesen

Affiliation Department of Science, Systems, and Models, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark

Mette S. Olufsen

msolufse@ncsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Participated in design of models: AM JS JTO MSO. Participated in performing model simulations: AM JS JTO MSO. Participated in model analysis: AM JS JTO MSO. Participated in preparing the manuscript: AM JS JTO MSO.