On the time to extinction from quasi-stationarity: A unified approach

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 391, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 4483-4486

  Artalejo, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epidemic; Markov chain; Quasi stationarity; Time to extinction

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS TIME SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

CONTINUOUS-TIME; EPIDEMIC; QUASI-STATIONARITY; STOCHASTIC EPIDEMIC MODELS; TIME-TO-EXTINCTION; UNIFIED APPROACH;

MARKOV CHAINS;

EID: 84861926676     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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