Inference for individual-level models of infectious diseases in large populations

Statistica Sinica

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 239-261

  Deardon, Rob ^a   Brooks, Stephen P ^b   Grenfell, Bryan T ^c   Keeling, Matthew J ^d   Tildesley, Michael J ^d   Savill, Nicholas J ^e   Shaw, Darren J ^f   Woolhouse, Mark E J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Computational methodology; Foot and mouth disease; Markov chain monte carlo; Missing data; Spatio temporal epidemic modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949355623     PISSN: 10170405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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