Stochastic epidemic models with random environment: Quasi-stationarity, extinction and final size

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 799-831

  Artalejo, J R ^a   Economou, A ^b   Lopez Herrero, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Extinction time; Quasi stationarity; Random environment; Stochastic epidemic

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 84883802769     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: 14321416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00285-012-0570-5     Document Type: Article

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