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A stochastic general epidemic in m sub-populations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

L. Billard
L. Billard*
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Florida State University
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Abstract

Epidemic models have generally assumed that the population mixes homogeneously. More realistic models can be obtained by dividing the population into sub-populations within which mixing is homogeneous but between which mixing is heterogeneous. We consider such a model for the general epidemic process and present a formulation which permits inroads to be made towards obtaining explicit solutions to the state probabilities.

Keywords

STOCHASTIC GENERAL EPIDEMIC MODELHETEROGENEOUS MIXINGSTATE PROBABILITIES
Type
Short Communications
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , September 1976 , pp. 567 - 572
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1976 

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