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Waveforms and velocities for models of spatial infection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Eric Renshaw
Eric Renshaw*
Affiliation:
University of Edinburgh
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∗Postal address: Department of Statistics, University of Edinburgh, James Clerk Maxwell Building, The King's Buildings, Mayfield Rd., Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, U.K.
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Abstract

A new technique is developed for deriving velocities of propagation and shapes of travelling wave profiles in non-linear situations. Two models are considered for the spread of infection through a linear community. In one the infected individuals move, in the other the phenomenon of infection.

Keywords

SPATIAL EPIDEMIC PROCESSVELOCITYTRAVELLING WAVEFORMCONTACT DISTRIBUTION
Type
Short Communications
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 18 , Issue 3 , September 1981 , pp. 715 - 720
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 

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