A graph-theoretic method for the basic reproduction number in continuous time epidemiological models

DOI10.1007/s00285-008-0240-9zbMath1231.92059WikidataQ40403435 ScholiaQ40403435MaRDI QIDQ843320

Pauline van den Driessche, Mark A. Lewis, Tomás de-Camino-Beck

Publication date: 12 October 2009

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00285-008-0240-9

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

92D30: Epidemiology

05C90: Applications of graph theory

37N25: Dynamical systems in biology

34C99: Qualitative theory for ordinary differential equations

05C20: Directed graphs (digraphs), tournaments

Uses Software

• CSparse

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