A combination of differential equations and convolution in understanding the spread of an epidemic

Sadhana - Academy Proceedings in Engineering Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 305-313

  Srinivasa Rao, Arni S R ^a   Kakehashi, Masayuki ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Convolution; Dynamical model; HIV; Likelihood

Indexed keywords

CONVOLUTION; DATA REDUCTION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DISEASE CONTROL; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; VIRUSES;

DYNAMICAL MODEL; HIV; LIKELIHOOD;

EPIDEMIOLOGY;

EID: 3142692071     PISSN: 02562499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02703780     Document Type: Article

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