A tutorial introduction to Bayesian inference for stochastic epidemic models using Markov chain Monte Carlo methods

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 180, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 103-114

  O'Neill, Philip D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

DATASETS;

MARKOV PROCESSES;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MARKOV CHAIN; STOCHASTICITY;

ALGORITHM; BAYES THEOREM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POPULATION MODEL; REVIEW; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EID: 0036847164     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-5564(02)00109-8     Document Type: Article

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