Analytical models approximating individual processes: A validation method

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 228, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 127-135

  Favier, C ^a   Degallier, N ^b   Menkes C E ^b  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Cyclically feeding vectors; Epidemic models; Individual based models; Model upscaling; Population level models; Statistical tests

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; CYCLICALLY FEEDING VECTORS; EPIDEMIC MODELS; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODELS; LEVEL MODEL; ORIGINAL MODEL; PARAMETER SET; POPULATION MODEL; PREDICTION MODEL; SCALE MODELS; UPSCALING; VALIDATION METHODS; VALIDATION TEST;

ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS; STATISTICAL TESTS; VECTORS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; NUMERICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT ERROR; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; STOCHASTIC MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BITES AND STINGS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE VECTORS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 78649445189     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2010.08.014     Document Type: Article

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