Approximating carrier-borne epidemics

Date

2008

Authors

Gani, Joseph
Swift, R.J.

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Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

This paper considers approximations to carrier-borne epidemic processes, including when the immigration of carriers or susceptibles is allowed. The partial differential equations for the probability generating functions of the approximating processes are

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Keywords: Carriers; Immigration; Modified carrier-borne processes; Probability generating function; Susceptibles

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics

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Journal article

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2037-12-31