Multi-phase epidemic model by a Markov chain

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 387, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 3555-3562

  Buccellato, Stefania Maria ^a   Tornatore, Elisabetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemic models; Markov chain; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

EPIDEMIC MODELS; NON-MORTAL DISEASE;

MARKOV PROCESSES;

EID: 41649099449     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2008.01.115     Document Type: Article

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