Stochastic and deterministic analysis of SIS household epidemics

Advances in Applied Probability

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 943-968

  Neal, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deterministic model; Endemic equilibrium; Gaussian process; Household model; SIS epidemic; Stochastic model

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

DETERMINISTIC MODEL; ENDEMIC EQUILIBRIUM; GAUSSIAN PROCESS; HOUSEHOLD EPIDEMICS; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

RANDOM PROCESSES;

EID: 33846982612     PISSN: 00018678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1239/aap/1165414587     Document Type: Article

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