An inference procedure for host-vector and venereal disease models (Q1199010)
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An inference procedure for host-vector and venereal disease models (English)
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16 January 1993
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The problem of making inference about the initial relative infection rate of a disease, which is only transmitted by contact between males and females, is considered. A model studied by \textit{N. T. J. Bailey} [The mathematical theory of infectious diseases and its applications (1975; Zbl 0334.92024)] is extended and analysed by martingale based techniques in the spirit of \textit{O. Aalen} [Ann. Stat. 6, 701-726 (1978; Zbl 0389.62025)]. A simulation study compares two competing estimators.
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host-vector models
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venereal disease models
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maximum likelihood estimation
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zero mean martingale
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counting processes
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initial relative infection rate
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simulation study
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