Existence of epidemic waves in a disease transmission model with two-habitat population

International Journal of Systems Science

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 699-707

  Mukhopadhyay, B ^a   Bhattacharyya, R ^b  

^a Central Calcutta Polytechnic   (India)

^b The Calcutta Technical School   (India)

Author keywords

Epidemic waves; Force of infection; Monotone iteration; Reaction diffusion system; Two habitat population; Upper and lower solution

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EPIDEMIC WAVES; FORCE OF INFECTION; MONOTONE ITERATION; REACTION-DIFFUSION SYSTEM; TWO-HABITAT POPULATION;

DISEASE CONTROL;

EID: 34848843779     PISSN: 00207721     EISSN: 14645319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207720701596417     Document Type: Article

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