Estimation for Discrete Time Branching Processes with Application to Epidemics

DOI10.2307/2529366zbMath0371.92026OpenAlexW2329517595WikidataQ43453988 ScholiaQ43453988MaRDI QIDQ4147932

Niels G. Becker

Publication date: 1977

Published in: Biometrics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2529366

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10) Population dynamics (general) (92D25) Branching processes (Galton-Watson, birth-and-death, etc.) (60J80)

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