A Positivity-preserving Mickens-type Discretization of an Epidemic Model

Journal of Difference Equations and Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1037-1051

  Moghadas, S M ^a   Alexander, M E ^b   Corbett, B D ^a   Gumel, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basic reproductive number; Epidemic model; Mickens type discretization; Preventive vaccine

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141680693     PISSN: 10236198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1023619031000146913     Document Type: Article

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