Decisions under uncertainty: A computational framework for quantification of policies addressing infectious disease epidemics

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 533-543

  Mikler, Armin R ^a   Venkatachalam, Sangeeta ^a   Ramisetty Mikler, Suhasini ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Global stochastic field simulation; Infectious diseases

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIC; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MODELING; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 34347374733     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-007-0137-y     Document Type: Article

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