Artalejo, Jesús R. and Lopez-Herrero, M. J. (2011) The SIS and SIR stochastic epidemic models: A maximum entropy approach. Theoretical population biology, 80 (4). pp. 256-264. ISSN 0040-5809
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Abstract
We analyze the dynamics of infectious disease spread by formulating the maximum entropy (ME) solutions of the susceptible-infected-susceptible (SIS) and the susceptible-infected-removed (SIR) stochastic models. Several scenarios providing helpful insight into the use of the ME formalism for epidemic modeling are identified. The ME results are illustrated with respect to several descriptors, including the number of recovered individuals and the time to extinction. An application to infectious data from outbreaks of extended spectrum beta lactamase (ESBL) in a hospital is also considered.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Death; Number; Distributions; Minimization |
| Subjects: | Sciences > Mathematics > Functional analysis and Operator theory |
| ID Code: | 14914 |
| Deposited On: | 20 Apr 2012 12:52 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Apr 2012 12:52 |
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