Lyapunov functions and global stability for SIR, SIRS, and SIS epidemiological models

Applied Mathematics Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 955-960

  Korobeinikov, A ^a   Wake, G C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Direct Lyapunov method; Endemic equilibrium state; Epidemiological models; Global stability; Lyapunov functions

Indexed keywords

EID: 31244431623     PISSN: 08939659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0893-9659(02)00069-1     Document Type: Article

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