On 2015 Jul 10, Matthew Shirley commented:

I won't discount the utility of writing your own software to solve a problem, but I do take issue with the fact that this application note does not mention (reference) except in supplement #1 the existence of existing mature tools that accomplish much of what VASP aims to provide. The authors also do not clearly state what about the software is novel or better that these existing tools (only that it "makes no assumptions regarding the underlying disease transmission mechanism", which other programs arguably allow by integrating the results from multiple parameterized runs?). To be clear, I do not think these are reasons to prevent publication or development of this program - I just find the presentation of the research results a bit misleading.

On 2015 Jul 10, Matthew Shirley commented:

I won't discount the utility of writing your own software to solve a problem, but I do take issue with the fact that this application note does not mention (reference) except in supplement #1 the existence of existing mature tools that accomplish much of what VASP aims to provide. The authors also do not clearly state what about the software is novel or better that these existing tools (only that it "makes no assumptions regarding the underlying disease transmission mechanism", which other programs arguably allow by integrating the results from multiple parameterized runs?). To be clear, I do not think these are reasons to prevent publication or development of this program - I just find the presentation of the research results a bit misleading.