An Introduction to Mathematical Epidemiology (Texts in Applied Mathematics)

The book is a��comprehensive, self-contained introduction to the mathematical modeling and analysis of infectious diseases. It includes model��building, fitting to data, local and global analysis techniques. Various types of deterministic dynamical models are considered: ordinary differential equation models, delay-differential equation models, difference equation models, age-structured PDE models and diffusion models. It includes various techniques for the computation of the basic reproduction number as well as approaches to the epidemiological interpretation of the reproduction number. MATLAB code is included to facilitate the data fitting and the simulation with age-structured models.Product detailsSeries: Texts in Applied Mathematics (Book 61)Hardcover: 453 pages Publisher: Springer; 1st ed. 2015 edition (October 21, 2015) ISBN-10: 9781489976116 ISBN-13: 978-1489976116