Optimal vaccination policies for stochastic epidemics among a population of households

DOI10.1016/S0025-5564(01)00095-5zbMath0996.92032WikidataQ53671134 ScholiaQ53671134MaRDI QIDQ1602636

Frank G. Ball, Owen D. Lyne

Publication date: 23 June 2002

Published in: Mathematical Biosciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

SISthreshold parameterSIRhouseholds epidemic modeloptimal vaccination policiesSIRS epidemics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Epidemiology (92D30) Optimal stochastic control (93E20) Applications of Markov chains and discrete-time Markov processes on general state spaces (social mobility, learning theory, industrial processes, etc.) (60J20)

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