Complex system modelling for veterinary epidemiology

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 118, Issue 2-3, 2015, Pages 207-214

  Lanzas, Cristina ^a,b   Chen, Shi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Complex systems; Mathematical modelling; Network; Veterinary epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMETRY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CONTACT EXAMINATION; EPIDEMIC; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 84921458136     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2014.09.012     Document Type: Article

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