Bayesian inference for stochastic epidemics in populations with random social structure

Scandinavian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 375-390

  Britton, Tom ^a   O’neill, Philip D ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Epidemics; Markov chain Monte Carlo methods; Metropolis Hastings algorithm; Random graphs; Stochastic epidemic models

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035995099     PISSN: 03036898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9469.00296     Document Type: Article

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