More Models of Infection: It's Epidemic

  • Authors:
  • Dianne P. O'Leary

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • Computing in Science and Engineering
  • Year:
  • 2004

Quantified Score

Hi-index 0.00

Visualization

Abstract

In the last issue, we used Monte Carlo simulations and Markov models to gain insight into a simple model of an infection's spread. We discuss this further in the solution section of this column, but first we develop some alternate models of epidemics, based on differential equations.