Structured Population Models in Biology and Epidemiology

This book consists of six chapters written by leading researchers in mathematical biology. These chapters present recent and important developments in the study of structured population models in biology and epidemiology. Topics include population models structured by age, size, and spatial position...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Magal, Pierre (Editor), Ruan, Shigui (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
Series:Lecture Notes in Mathematics, 1936
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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Summary:This book consists of six chapters written by leading researchers in mathematical biology. These chapters present recent and important developments in the study of structured population models in biology and epidemiology. Topics include population models structured by age, size, and spatial position; size-structured models for metapopulations, macroparasitc diseases, and prion proliferation; models for transmission of microparasites between host populations living on non-coincident spatial domains; spatiotemporal patterns of disease spread; method of aggregation of variables in population dynamics; and biofilm models. It is suitable as a textbook for a mathematical biology course or a summer school at the advanced undergraduate and graduate level. It can also serve as a reference book for researchers looking for either interesting and specific problems to work on or useful techniques and discussions of some particular problems.
Physical Description:XII, 302 p. 63 illus., 32 illus. in color. online resource.
ISBN:9783540782735
ISSN:0075-8434 ;