Inferring model parameters in network-based disease simulation

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 174-188

  Enns, Eva A ^a   Brandeau, Margaret L ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Concurrent partnerships; Network dynamics; Sexually transmitted diseases; Stochastic simulation

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 79955609694     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-011-9150-2     Document Type: Article

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