A mathematical analysis of public avoidance behavior during epidemics using game theory

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 302, Issue , 2012, Pages 18-28

  Chen, Frederick ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact ratio; Infectious diseases; Nash equilibrium; Social distancing

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIC; GAME THEORY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ARTICLE; CONTACT RATIO; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GAME; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; INFECTION CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NASH EQUILIBRIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL WELFARE;

ALGORITHMS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EPIDEMICS; GAME THEORY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOCIAL DISTANCE;

EID: 84858712039     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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