An unexpected result in an approximate carrier-borne epidemic process

J. Gani; R. J. Swift

doi:10.1016/j.spl.2008.01.077

An unexpected result in an approximate carrier-borne epidemic process

J. Gani, R. J. Swift^*

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In this article we examine an approximation to the carrier-borne epidemic process with both susceptible and carrier immigrations. It is shown that the approximate susceptible stochastic process is Poisson, with a mean equal to the deterministic number of susceptibles.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2116-2120
Number of pages	5
Journal	Statistics and Probability Letters
Volume	78
Issue number	14
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spl.2008.01.077
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2008

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