A game theoretical analysis of sexually transmitted disease epidemics

Rationality and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 353-383

  Schroeder, Kirby D ^a,b   Rojas, Fabio G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORC and the University of Chicago ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Computational model; Epidemic models; Game theory; HIV; Signaling games

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036051181     PISSN: 10434631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043463102014003004     Document Type: Review

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