The probability of epidemic fade-out is non-monotonic in transmission rate for the Markovian SIR model with demography

DOI10.1016/j.jtbi.2016.01.012zbMath1343.92460OpenAlexW2292764714WikidataQ40822611 ScholiaQ40822611MaRDI QIDQ305965

P. G. Ballard, Nigel G. Bean, Joshua V. Ross

Publication date: 31 August 2016

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

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/99434

zbMATH Keywords

diffusion approximationepidemic controlefficient algorithmsstochastic epidemic model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Epidemiology (92D30) Applications of branching processes (60J85)

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