Using phenomenological models for forecasting the 2015 Ebola challenge

Background: The rising number of novel pathogens threatening the human population has motivated the application of mathematical modeling for forecasting the trajectory and size of epidemics. Materials and methods: We summarize the real-time forecasting results of the logistic equation during the 201...

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Main Authors: Bruce Pell, Yang Kuang, Cecile Viboud, Gerardo Chowell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-03-01
Series:Epidemics
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1755436516300433