A computer exploration of some properties of non-linear stochastic partnership models for sexually transmitted diseases with stages

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 156, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 123-145

  Sleeman, Candace K ^a   Mode, Charles J ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Embedded deterministic models; HIV AIDS; Monte Carlo simulation; Sexually transmitted diseases; Stochastic partnership models

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPIDEMIC; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TIME FACTORS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0032922135     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-5564(98)10063-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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