Modelling control of epidemics spreading by long-range interactions

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 6, Issue 39, 2009, Pages 941-950

  Dybiec, Bartłomiej ^a,b   Kleczkowski, Adam ^c,d   Gilligan, Christopher A ^c  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disease spread; Dispersal patterns; Epidemiological control; Epidemiological modelling; Stochastic modelling

Indexed keywords

STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; VECTORS;

DISEASE SPREAD; DISPERSAL PATTERNS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MODELLING; STOCHASTIC MODELLING;

DISEASE CONTROL;

ALPHA STABLE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROL STRATEGY; DISPERSION; EPIDEMIC; INFECTION CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL VARIABLE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; RANDOM WALK; VECTOR MOVEMENT;

EID: 69949085094     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2008.0468     Document Type: Article

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