Inferring global network properties from egocentric data with applications to epidemics

Mathematical Medicine and Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 99-112

  Britton, Tom ^a   Trapman, Pieter ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Egocentric data; Epidemics; Giant component; Network

Indexed keywords

'CURRENT; ASYMPTOTICS; EGOCENTRIC DATA; GIANT COMPONENTS; GLOBAL NETWORKS; GLOBAL PROPERTIES; LARGEST CONNECTED COMPONENT; NETWORK; NETWORK PROPERTIES;

EPIDEMIOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMICS; HUMANS; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84925423836     PISSN: 14778599     EISSN: 14778602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imammb/dqt022     Document Type: Article

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