A note on chain-binomial models of epidemic spread: What is wrong with the Reed-Frost formulation?

DOI10.1016/0025-5564(87)90034-4zbMath0627.92015OpenAlexW2067268186MaRDI QIDQ1092836

John A. Jacquez

Publication date: 1987

Published in: Mathematical Biosciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/26512

zbMATH Keywords

internal consistencyReed-Frost modelchain-binomial models of epidemic spreadgenerating function for the number of contacts per person

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Population dynamics (general) (92D25)

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