Estimation of under-reporting in epidemics using approximations

DOI10.1007/s00285-016-1064-7zbMath1370.92159WikidataQ39245397 ScholiaQ39245397MaRDI QIDQ2358413

George Streftaris, Kokouvi M. Gamado, Stan Zachary

Publication date: 14 June 2017

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00285-016-1064-7

zbMATH Keywords

Markov chain Monte Carlo; approximations; reversible jump; under-reporting; stochastic SIR model; final size distribution

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

• CODA

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