Limit theorems for a random graph epidemic model

Annals of Applied Probability

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1331-1349

  Andersson, Håkan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Branching process; Degree sequence; Epidemic model; Random graph

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032264732     PISSN: 10505164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/aoap/1028903384     Document Type: Article

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