Interior-Point Methods for Estimating Seasonal Parameters in Discrete-Time Infectious Disease Models

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Word, Daniel P ^a   Young, James K ^a   Cummings, Derek A T ^b   Iamsirithaworn, Sopon ^c   Laird, Carl D ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DISCRETE TIME DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFECTION; INTERIOR POINT METHOD; MEASLES; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; SCHOOL; SEASONAL VARIATION; THAILAND; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; SEASON;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEASONS;

EID: 84886017464     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074208     Document Type: Article

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