Likelihood estimation for stochastic epidemics with heterogeneous mixing populations

International Journal of Computational and Mathematical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-38

  Shang, Yilun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemic model; Heterogeneous mixing; Maximum likelihood; Statistic inference

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL LIMIT THEOREM; EPIDEMIC MODELS; GAUSSIANS; GENERAL GRAPH; HETEROGENEOUS MIXING; LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; STOCHASTIC EPIDEMICS; UNBIASED ESTIMATES;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESTIMATION; MIXING; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

EID: 78650301212     PISSN: 20103905     EISSN: 20103913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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