Predicting population extinction or disease outbreaks with stochastic models

Models of exponential growth, logistic growth and epidemics are common applications in undergraduate differential equation courses. The corresponding stochastic models are not part of these courses, although when population sizes are small their behaviour is often more realistic and distinctly diffe...

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Main Authors: Linda J. S. Allen, Sophia R. Jang, Lih-Ing Roeger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Intercollegiate Biomathematics Alliance 2017-01-01
Series:Letters in Biomathematics
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23737867.2016.1264870