Asymptotic behavior for an SIS epidemic model and its approximation

Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods and Applications

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 797-814

  Iannelli, Mimmo ^a   Kim, Mi Young ^a,b   Park, Eun Jae ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Age structure; Asymptotic behavior; Discrete dynamical system; Epidemic models; Finite differences; Method of characteristics

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INTEGRODIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; THEOREM PROVING;

AGE STRUCTURED EPIDEMIC MODELS; DISCRETE DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; METHOD OF CHARACTERISTICS;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 0033102263     PISSN: 0362546X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0362-546X(97)00597-X     Document Type: Article

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