The asymptotic final size distribution of multitype chain-binomial epidemic processes

Advances in Applied Probability

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 220-234

  Andersson, Mikael ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Branching process; Counting process; Multitype chain binomial epidemic process; Weak convergence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032593230     PISSN: 00018678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1239/aap/1029954274     Document Type: Article

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