An Introduction to Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Diseases

• Main Author: Li, Michael Y. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Mathematics of Planet Earth, 2
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Epidemiology.; Infectious diseases.; Mathematics of Planet Earth.; Infectious Diseases.

This text provides essential modeling skills and methodology for the study of infectious diseases through a one-semester modeling course or directed individual studies. The book includes mathematical descriptions of epidemiological concepts, and uses classic epidemic models to introduce different ma...

Table of Contents:

• Important Concepts
• Five Classic Examples
• Basic Tools
• Nonlinear Least Squares
• Special Topics.