On the quasi-stationary distribution of the stochastic logistic epidemic

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 156, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 21-40

  Nåsell, Ingemar ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asymptotic approximation; Quasi stationary distribution; SIS model; Time to extinction; Transition region

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ASSAY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; PREDICTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ENDEMIC DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 2542509066     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-5564(98)10059-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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