Stochastic Population and Epidemic Models Persistence and Extinction /

• Main Author: Allen, Linda J. S. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2015.
• Series: Mathematical Biosciences Institute Lecture Series ; 1.3
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Ecology.; Probabilities.; Biomathematics.; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes.; Genetics and Population Dynamics.; Theoretical Ecology/Statistics.

This monograph provides a summary of the basic theory of branching processes for single-type and multi-type processes. Classic examples of population and epidemic models illustrate the probability of population or epidemic extinction obtained from the theory of branching processes. The first chapter...