SIR epidemic models with general infectious period distribution

Statistics and Probability Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-5

  Clancy, Damian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemic severity; Epidemic size; Piecewise deterministic Markov process

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887520833     PISSN: 01677152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2013.10.017     Document Type: Article

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