Modeling the Interplay Between Human Behavior and the Spread of Infectious Diseases

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Manfredi, Piero (Editor), D'Onofrio, Alberto (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Immunology.; Chemometrics.; Health promotion.; Infectious diseases.; Biomathematics.; Physiological, Cellular and Medical Topics.; Math. Applications in Chemistry.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.; Infectious Diseases.; Mathematical and Computational Biology.

This volume summarizes the state-of-the-art in the fast growing research area of modeling the influence of information-driven human behavior on the spread and control of infectious diseases. In particular, it features the two main and inter-related “core” topics: behavioral changes in response to gl...