Modelling the SARS epidemic by a lattice-based Monte-Carlo simulation

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 7 VOLS, Issue , 2005, Pages 7470-7473

  Fang, Haiping ^a   Chen, Jixiu ^b   Hu, Jun ^c  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

CONTACT RATE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROM;

EPIDEMIOLOGY;

EID: 33846904802     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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