Novel moment closure approximations in stochastic epidemics

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 855-873

  Krishnarajah, Isthrinayagy ^a,b   Cook, Alex ^a,b   Marion, Glenn ^b   Gibson, Gavin ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; STATISTICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 19044383593     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bulm.2004.11.002     Document Type: Article

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