A stochastic formulation of the gompertzian growth model for in vitro bactericidal kinetics: Parameter estimation and extinction probability

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 309-318

  Ferrante, L ^a   Bompadre, S ^a   Leone, L ^a   Montanari, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bactericidal kinetics; Gompertzian model; Maximum likelihood estimation; Stochastic differential equations

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; GROWTH KINETICS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERICIDAL KINETIC; EXTINCTION PROBABILITY; GOMPERTZIAN MODEL; IN-VITRO; MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MODELING PARAMETERS; PHARMACODYNAMIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; STOCHASTIC FORMULATION;

KINETICS;

EID: 22144476564     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200410125     Document Type: Article

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