One-dimensional measles dynamics

Applied Mathematics and Computation

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 169-194

  Al Showaikh, F N M ^a   Twizell, E H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extended SEIR model; Finite difference method; Geographic spread; Parallel implementation; Reaction diffusion system

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PUBLIC POLICY;

GEOGRAPHIC SPREAD; PARALLEL IMPLEMENTATION; REACTION-DIFFUSION SYSTEMS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

EID: 1842530704     PISSN: 00963003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0096-3003(03)00554-X     Document Type: Article

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