A tutorial introduction to Bayesian inference for stochastic epidemic models using Markov chain Monte Carlo methods

DOI10.1016/S0025-5564(02)00109-8zbMath1021.62094WikidataQ52030174 ScholiaQ52030174MaRDI QIDQ1867111

Philip D. O'Neill

Publication date: 2 April 2003

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

zbMATH Keywords

Markov chain Monte Carlo; Metropolis-Hastings algorithm; stochastic epidemic models

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

92D30: Epidemiology

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

62F15: Bayesian inference

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Uses Software

• Algorithm 524

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