The maximum number of infected individuals in SIS epidemic models: Computational techniques and quasi-stationary distributions

Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 233, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2563-2574

  Artalejo, J R ^a   Economou, A ^b   Lopez Herrero, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Absorption probabilities; Extinction time; Maximum number of infected individuals; Quasi stationary distribution; Stochastic SIS epidemic model; Transient distribution

Indexed keywords

ABSORBING STATE; BIRTH-DEATH PROCESS; COMPUTATIONAL SCHEMES; COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUE; EPIDEMIC MODELS; EXTINCTION TIME; QUASI-STATIONARY DISTRIBUTION; SUSCEPTIBLE-INFECTED-SUSCEPTIBLE MODEL; TRANSIENT DISTRIBUTION; TRANSIENT REGIME;

ABSORPTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 73449086627     PISSN: 03770427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cam.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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