Elementary proof of convergence to the mean-field model for the SIR process

DOI10.1007/s00285-016-1086-1zbMath1403.92284arXiv1511.08572OpenAlexW2963658247WikidataQ40399540 ScholiaQ40399540MaRDI QIDQ2408040

Benjamin Armbruster, Ekkehard Beck

Publication date: 9 October 2017

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1511.08572

zbMATH Keywords

Markov chainmean-square convergenceepidemicSIRmean-field ODE

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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