Abel-gontcharoff pseudopolynomials and the exact final outcome of sir epidemic models (III)

Advances in Applied Probability

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 532-550

  Lefèvre, Claude ^a   Picard, Philippe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Abel Gontcharoff pseudopolynomials; Abelian expansions; Collective epidemics; Exact distribution; Final state and severity; Markovian models; Martingales

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343810514     PISSN: 00018678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1239/aap/1029955146     Document Type: Article

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