Monotonicity of the number of passages in linear chains and of the basis reproduction number in epidemic models

DOI10.4171/ZAA/938zbMath0961.92028OpenAlexW1971539771MaRDI QIDQ1978083

Johannes Müller, Karl Peter Hadeler

Publication date: 10 May 2001

Published in: Zeitschrift für Analysis und ihre Anwendungen (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/48744

zbMATH Keywords

Markov chainsbasic reproduction numberlinear chains

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Epidemiology (92D30) Linear ordinary differential equations and systems (34A30) First-order hyperbolic systems (35L40)

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