Dynamic noise, chaos and parameter estimation in population biology

Interface Focus

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 156-169

  Stollenwerk, N ^a   Aguiar, M ^a   Ballesteros, S ^a   Boto, J ^a   Kooi, B ^a   Mateus, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dengue fever; Deterministic chaos; Epidemiology; Influenza; Likelihood; Master equation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860896719     PISSN: 20428898     EISSN: 20428901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2011.0103     Document Type: Review

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