Estimation in multitype epidemics

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 663-679

  Britton, Tom ^a,b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Consistent estimator; Counting processes; Estimating equations; Martingales; Multitype epidemics; Susceptibility and infectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002826959     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9868.00147     Document Type: Article

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