Continuous and discrete approaches to the epidemiology of viral spreading in populations taking into account the delay of incubation time

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 201, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 553-557

  Monteiro, L H A ^a,b   Sasso, J B ^a,b   Chaui Berlinck, J G ^b  

^a MACKENZIE PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Delay differential equations; Epidemiology; Lyapunov stability; Probabilistic cellular automata; SIR model

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AUTOMATA THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DISEASE CONTROL; ECOSYSTEMS; LYAPUNOV METHODS;

DELAY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; LYAPUNOV STABILITY; PROBABILISTIC CELLULAR AUTOMATA; SIR MODEL;

EPIDEMIOLOGY;

CELLULAR AUTOMATON; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION SIZE; PROBABILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY; VIRAL DISEASE;

EID: 33846853538     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.09.027     Document Type: Article

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