Stochastic effects in a model of nematode infection in ruminants

IMA Journal of Mathemathics Applied in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 97-116

  Marion, Glenn ^a   Renshaw, Eric ^a   Gibson, Gavin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth death processes; Local linearization; Normal approximation; Population models; Simulation; Stochastic processes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOVIDS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NEMATODIASIS; POPULATION MODEL; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

BIOINFORMATICS; LINEARIZATION; MAMMALS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

BIRTH-DEATH PROCESS; DETERMINISTIC MODELING; LOCAL LINEARIZATION; NORMAL APPROXIMATION; POPULATION MODEL; SIMULATION; SIMULATION BASED APPROACHES; STOCHASTIC APPROACH; STOCHASTIC EFFECTS; STOCHASTIC-MODELING;

RANDOM PROCESSES;

EID: 0031859089     PISSN: 02650746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imammb/15.2.97     Document Type: Article

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