New moment closures based on a priori distributions with applications to epidemic dynamics

DOI10.1007/s11538-012-9723-3zbMath1312.92039OpenAlexW2053132765WikidataQ44190502 ScholiaQ44190502MaRDI QIDQ1758079

Istvan Z. Kiss, Peter L. Simon

Publication date: 7 November 2012

Published in: Bulletin of Mathematical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11538-012-9723-3

zbMATH Keywords

Markov chainclosureepidemicpairwise model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Epidemiology (92D30) Applications of continuous-time Markov processes on discrete state spaces (60J28)

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