Modelling SIR-type epidemics by ODEs, PDEs, difference equations and cellular automata - A comparative study

Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1014-1023

  Schneckenreither, G ^a   Popper, N ^a,b   Zauner, G ^a,b   Breitenecker, F ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b 'Die Drahtwarenhandlung' Simulation Services   (Austria)

Author keywords

Diffusion distribution; Lattice gas cellular automaton; Partial differential equation; Stochastic cellular automaton; Susceptible infected recovered model

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ENGINES; AUTOMATA THEORY; CELLULAR AUTOMATA; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); DIFFUSION; DYNAMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLOW INTERACTIONS; HEALTH; PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; ROBOTS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING; TRANSLATION (LANGUAGES);

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DIFFUSION DISTRIBUTION; DIFFUSION DYNAMICS; GAUSSIAN DIFFUSION; LATTICE GAS CELLULAR AUTOMATON; LATTICE GASES; LAW OF LARGE NUMBERS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION; QUANTITATIVE MODELING; SPATIAL INTERACTIONS; SPATIAL PATTERNING; STOCHASTIC ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC CELLULAR AUTOMATA; STOCHASTIC CELLULAR AUTOMATON; SUSCEPTIBLE-INFECTED-RECOVERED MODEL;

PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 49549110474     PISSN: 1569190X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.simpat.2008.05.015     Document Type: Article

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