Inference in disease transmission experiments by using stochastic epidemic models

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 349-366

  Höhle, Michael ^a   Jørgensen, Erik ^b   O'Neill, Philip D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Classical swine fever virus; Markov chain Monte Carlo methods; Multitype epidemic; On farm health management

Indexed keywords

EID: 14544271909     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9876.2005.00488.x     Document Type: Article

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