Parametric inference for epidemic models

DOI10.1016/0025-5564(93)90026-7zbMath0785.62096WikidataQ52390964 ScholiaQ52390964MaRDI QIDQ1314230

Niels G. Becker

Publication date: 19 April 1994

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0025-5564(93)90026-7

zbMATH Keywords

EM algorithm; martingale methods; estimating equations; counting processes; epidemic models; chain binomial models; inference potential; likelihood inferences

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

92D30: Epidemiology

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

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