Game theory of social distancing in response to an epidemic

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Reluga, Timothy C ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COST FUNCTIONS; DISEASE CONTROL; EFFICIENCY; GAME THEORY; NUMERICAL METHODS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; VACCINES;

BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CONTROL MEASURES; DIFFERENTIAL GAMES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EQUILIBRIUM BEHAVIOR; MITIGATION MEASURES; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION MODELS; POTENTIAL VALUES; SELF-PROTECTIVE BEHAVIORS; SIMPLE++;

COSTS;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; EPIDEMIC; GAME; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL DISTANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; PROBABILITY; VACCINATION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GAME THEORY; HUMANS; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIAL DISTANCE; VACCINATION;

EID: 77955494336     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000793     Document Type: Article

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