Mathematical epidemiology of infectious diseases : model building, analysis and interpretation /

Provides systematic coverage of the mathematical theory of modelling epidemics in populations, with a clear and coherent discussion of the issues, concepts and phenomena. Mathematical modelling of epidemics is a vast and important area of study and this book helps the reader to translate, model, ana...

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Main Author: Diekmann, O.
Other Authors: Heesterbeek, J. A. P.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chichester, UK ; New York : John Wiley & Sons, [2000]
Series:Wiley series in mathematical and computational biology.
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Summary:Provides systematic coverage of the mathematical theory of modelling epidemics in populations, with a clear and coherent discussion of the issues, concepts and phenomena. Mathematical modelling of epidemics is a vast and important area of study and this book helps the reader to translate, model, analyze and interpret, with numerous applications, examples and exercises to aid understanding.
Physical Description:xvi, 303 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-300) and index.
ISBN:0471986828
9780471986829
0471492418
9780471492412