Equivalence of the Erlang-Distributed SEIR Epidemic Model and the Renewal Equation

DOI10.1137/18M1186411zbMath1404.92173OpenAlexW2904487376WikidataQ128772026 ScholiaQ128772026MaRDI QIDQ4561657

David J. D. Earn, Jonathan Dushoff, David Champredon

Publication date: 12 December 2018

Published in: SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1137/18m1186411

zbMATH Keywords

differential equationsrenewal equationepidemic modelsErlang distributionSEIRgeneration-interval distribution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Epidemiology (92D30) Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10) Applications of renewal theory (reliability, demand theory, etc.) (60K10)

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