Mathematical Understanding Of Infectious Disease Dynamics

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Title: Mathematical Understanding Of Infectious Disease Dynamics
Description: The Institute for Mathematical Sciences at the National University of Singapore hosted a research program on Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Diseases: Dynamics and Control from 15 August to 9 October 2005. As part of the program, tutorials for graduate students and junior researchers were given by leading experts in the field.This invaluable volume is a collection of three expanded lecture notes of those tutorials which cover a wide range of topics including basic mathematical details for various epidemic models, statistical distribution theory, and applications with real-life examples with implications for health policy makers.
Authors: Stefan Ma, Yingcun Xia, Herbert W Hethcote
Resource Type: eBook.
Subjects: Physical sciences, Mathematical models, Infection, Statistics, Mathematics, Biological models, Diseases, Medical personnel, Communicable diseases--Epidemiology--Mathematical models, Medicine, Communicable diseases, Public health, Medical care, Epidemiology
Categories: MATHEMATICS / Applied, MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / General, MEDICAL / Health Policy
Database: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
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Abstract:The Institute for Mathematical Sciences at the National University of Singapore hosted a research program on Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Diseases: Dynamics and Control from 15 August to 9 October 2005. As part of the program, tutorials for graduate students and junior researchers were given by leading experts in the field.This invaluable volume is a collection of three expanded lecture notes of those tutorials which cover a wide range of topics including basic mathematical details for various epidemic models, statistical distribution theory, and applications with real-life examples with implications for health policy makers.
ISBN:9789812834829
9789812834836