Random walks on a complete graph: A model for infection

Journal of Applied Probability

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1008-1021

  Datta, Nilanjana ^a   Dorlas, Tony C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Complete graph; Markov chain; Model for infection; Random walk

Indexed keywords

EID: 14644398568     PISSN: 00219002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1239/jap/1101840547     Document Type: Article

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