ISSN:
1572-9338
Keywords:
Epidemic models
;
threshold theorems
;
survival probability
;
homogeneous mixing
;
bunching models
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mathematics
,
Economics
Notes:
Abstract This note begins by reviewing the Kermack-McKendrick and Whittle Threshold Theorems for the general epidemic. It then extends these results to the case of the general epidemic with bunching where theβxy homogeneous mixing term is replaced byβxy/(x+y)α, 0≤α≤1.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02187092
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