A combination of differential equations and convolution in understanding the spread of an epidemic

DOI10.1007/BF02703780zbMath1076.92019MaRDI QIDQ2574850

Masayuki Kakehashi, Arni S. R. Srinivasa Rao

Publication date: 2 December 2005

Published in: Sādhanā (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

estimation; convolution; HIV; likelihood equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

62P10: Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis

37N25: Dynamical systems in biology

92C30: Physiology (general)

92-08: Computational methods for problems pertaining to biology

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