Bounding the size and probability of epidemics on networks

Journal of Applied Probability

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 498-512

  Miller, Joel C ^a,b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attack rate; Epidemiology; Network; Probability; Transmissibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 48549094999     PISSN: 00219002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1239/jap/1214950363     Document Type: Article

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