Transition Probabilities for Generalized SIR Epidemic Model

DOI10.1080/15326349.2011.614201zbMath1235.92042MaRDI QIDQ5389045

Lahcen Omari, Ziad Taib, Hamid El Maroufy

Publication date: 24 April 2012

Published in: Stochastic Models (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/15326349.2011.614201

zbMATH Keywords

matrix-geometric; transition probabilities; duration of epidemics; generalized infection mechanism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

92D30: Epidemiology

60J70: Applications of Brownian motions and diffusion theory (population genetics, absorption problems, etc.)

60J28: Applications of continuous-time Markov processes on discrete state spaces

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