From exact stochastic to mean-field ODE models: A new approach to prove convergence results

IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics (Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications)

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 945-964

  Simon, Péter L ^a   Kiss, Istvan Z ^b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Countable system of ODEs; Epidemic model; Markov chain; Mean field approximation; Network

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL HYPOTHESIS; CONTINUOUS TIME MARKOV CHAIN; CONVERGENCE RESULTS; COUNTABLE SYSTEMS; EPIDEMIC MODELING; FIRST ORDER PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; MEAN FIELD APPROXIMATION; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION (ODE);

EPIDEMIOLOGY; MARKOV PROCESSES; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; THEOREM PROVING;

ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 84885010813     PISSN: 02724960     EISSN: 14643634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imamat/hxs001     Document Type: Article

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