Mathematical Epidemiology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Brauer, Fred (Editor), Driessche, Pauline van den (Editor), Wu, Jianhong (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Mathematics, 1945
• Subjects: Medicine.; Epidemiology.; Mathematical analysis.; Analysis (Mathematics).; Dynamics.; Ergodic theory.; Differential equations.; Probabilities.; Biomathematics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes.; Analysis.; Genetics and Population Dynamics.; Ordinary Differential Equations.; Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory.

Based on lecture notes of two summer schools with a mixed audience from mathematical sciences, epidemiology and public health, this volume offers a comprehensive introduction to basic ideas and techniques in modeling infectious diseases, for the comparison of strategies to plan for an anticipated ep...