Estimation in branching processes with restricted observations

Advances in Applied Probability

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1098-1115

  Meester, Ronald ^a   Trapman, Pieter ^a,b,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Consistent estimation; Epidemic; Galton Watson branching process; Partial observation; Real time estimation

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SET THEORY;

EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIC MODEL; GALTON-WATSON BRANCHING PROCESS; REAL-TIME ESTIMATION;

DISEASES;

EID: 33846985634     PISSN: 00018678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1239/aap/1165414593     Document Type: Article

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