Forest-fire as a model for the dynamics of disease epidemics

Journal of the Franklin Institute

Volumn 335, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 199-211

  Rhodes, C J ^a   Anderson, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS;

FOREST-FIRE MODELS;

EPIDEMIOLOGY;

EID: 0032018838     PISSN: 00160032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0016-0032(96)00096-8     Document Type: Article

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