Structured Population Models in Biology and Epidemiology

• 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
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Differential equations.; Partial differential equations.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Biomathematics.; Ordinary Differential Equations.; Partial Differential Equations.; Mathematical and Computational Biology.; Applications of Mathematics.

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...

Table of Contents:

• Population Models Structured by Age, Size, and Spatial Position
• Infinite ODE Systems Modeling Size-Structured Metapopulations, Macroparasitic Diseases, and Prion Proliferation
• Simple Models for the Transmission of Microparasites Between Host Populations Living on Noncoincident Spatial Domains
• Spatiotemporal Patterns of Disease Spread: Interaction of Physiological Structure, Spatial Movements, Disease Progression and Human Intervention
• Aggregation of Variables and Applications to Population Dynamics
• The Biofilm Model of Freter: A Review.