The SIR Epidemiology Model in Predicting Herd Immunity
The Simple Epidemic Model uses three states to describe the spread of an infection: the susceptible (S), the infected (I), and the recovered (R). This model follows the trend of an infection over time and can predict whether an infection will spread. Using this model, epidemiologists may calculate t...
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| Language: | English |
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University of South Florida
2010-01-01
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| Series: | Undergraduate Journal of Mathematical Modeling: One + Two |
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| Online Access: | http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/ujmm/vol2/iss2/8 |