The quasi-stationary distribution of the closed endemic sis model

Advances in Applied Probability

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 895-932

  Nåsell, Ingemar ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Closed stochastic sis model; Stochastic logistic model; Threshold of stochastic model; Time to extinction; Uniform asymptotic approximation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000635179     PISSN: 00018678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0001867800046541     Document Type: Article

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