Finding optimal vaccination strategies for pandemic influenza using genetic algorithms

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 234, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 201-212

  Patel, Rajan ^a   Longini Jr , Ira M ^a   Halloran, M Elizabeth ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithms; Influenza; Optimization; Stochastic models

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC ALGORITHM; INFLUENZA; MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; VACCINATION;

ARTICLE; DEATH; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENETIC ALGORITHM; HONG KONG; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EID: 14744296414     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2004.11.032     Document Type: Article

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