A Simple Batch Epidemic Process.

Abstract

A simplifying assumption for an epidemic process is that at most one person may become infected at any one time. However, it is quite conceivable that when an infected person makes simultaneous contact with two people, both could become infected. In this note we introduce the concept of a batch epidemic process in which infection can occur in batches of one or two. The distribution of the number of infectives present at any time is derived. The concept can be extended to include batches of any size. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA054977

Entities

People

  • H. Lacayo
  • L. Billard
  • N. A. Langberg

Organizations

  • Florida State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Contracts
  • Infection
  • Monitoring
  • Numbers
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Real Numbers
  • Scientific Research
  • Security
  • Statistics
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Universities
  • Wound Infections

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Applied Combinatorial Optimization and Logic Circuit Design.
  • Infectious Disease/Epidemiology
  • Statistical inference.