Noise Is Not Error: Detecting Parametric Heterogeneity Between Epidemiologic Time Series

Mathematical models play a central role in epidemiology. For example, models unify heterogeneous data into a single framework, suggest experimental designs, and generate hypotheses. Traditional methods based on deterministic assumptions, such as ordinary differential equations (ODE), have been succe...

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Main Authors: Ethan O. Romero-Severson, Ruy M. Ribeiro, Mario Castro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01529/full