Quantifying microbial propagation

Modeling in Food Microbiology: From Predictive Microbiology to Exposure Assessment

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 17-31

  Cummins, Enda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Beta distribution; Binomial; Microbial propagation; Monte Carlo simulation; Negative binomial; Poisson; Probability; Random variables; Uncertainty; Variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014310747     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-78548-155-0.50002-2     Document Type: Chapter

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