Plausible models for propagation of the SARS virus

IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences

Volumn E87-A, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2379-2386

  Small, Michael ^a   Shi, Pengliang ^a   Tse, Chi Kong ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Epidemic models; SARS; Small world networks; Surrogates

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GRAPH THEORY; HEALTH;

EPIDEMIC MODELS; SARS; SMALL-WORLD NETWORKS; SURROGATES;

VIRUSES;

EID: 5444225462     PISSN: 09168508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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