Mathematical Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases: Model Building, Analysis and Interpretation

By J.A.P. Heesterbeek and O. Diekmann

Book Overview

For those who want a systematic introduction to the mathematical theory of modelling epidemics in structured populations, this work presents a discussion of the most important issues, concepts, and phenomena in the mathematical epidemiology of infectious diseases. Models of construction, analysis and interpretation receive detailed attention throughout the text. Furthermore, it presents the stochastic and deterministic models based on assumptions about mechanisms at the individual level, from which the consequences for dynamical phenomena at the population level are extrapolated. This volume covers research into mathematical models of epidemics of infectious diseases and includes applications, examples and exercises to aid understanding.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471492418
• ISBN13: 9780471492412
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.7" x 0.7" x 6.8"