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Modeling Paradigms and Analysis of Disease Transmission Models
About this Title
Abba B. Gumel, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada and Suzanne Lenhart, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, Editors
Publication: DIMACS Series in Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science
Publication Year:
2010; Volume 75
ISBNs: 978-0-8218-4384-0 (print); 978-1-4704-1779-6 (online)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/dimacs/075
MathSciNet review: MR2761926
MSC: Primary 92-06; Secondary 34D20, 92D30
ReadershipTable of Contents
Front/Back Matter
Chapters
- Introduction to mathematical modeling of infectious diseases
- Tools for mathematical epidemiology
- An introduction to optimal control with an application in disease modeling
- Introduction to discrete-time epidemic models
- Introduction to optimal control for discrete time models with an application to disease modeling
- Incorporating stochasticity in simple models of disease spread
- Using mathematical models to monitor and evaluate the impact of public health interventions on epidemics: The case of the TB/HIV co-pandemic in Africa
- Modelling the epidemiological and economic impact of HIV/AIDS with particular reference to Zimbabwe
- Mathematical analysis of HIV treatment model with variable viral load and infection stages
- Greedy algorithms in economic epidemiology