Generalized Markov models of infectious disease spread: a novel framework for developing dynamic health policies

DOI10.1016/j.ejor.2011.07.016zbMath1237.92055OpenAlexW2004231278WikidataQ35238492 ScholiaQ35238492MaRDI QIDQ420890

Reza Yaesoubi, Ted Cohen

Publication date: 23 May 2012

Published in: European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://europepmc.org/articles/pmc3182455

zbMATH Keywords

dynamic programmingepidemiologydiscrete-time Markov chains

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Epidemiology (92D30) Probabilistic models, generic numerical methods in probability and statistics (65C20) Applications of Markov chains and discrete-time Markov processes on general state spaces (social mobility, learning theory, industrial processes, etc.) (60J20) Medical epidemiology (92C60)

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