Quantitative Methods for Investigating Infectious Disease Outbreaks
This book provides a systematic treatment of the mathematical underpinnings of work in the theory of outbreak dynamics and their control, covering balanced perspectives between theory and practice including new material on contemporary topics in the field of infectious disease modelling. Specificall...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2019, 2019
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2019 |
| Series: | Texts in Applied Mathematics
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Shapes of hazard functions and lifetime distributions
- Random counts and counting processes
- The initial phase of an outbreak
- Compartment models
- More complex models and control measures
- Some statistical issues
- Outbreak trajectories
- Spatial structures and behavior change