Mathematical and Statistical Estimation Approaches in Epidemiology / Edition 1

ISBN-13: 9789048123124 Publisher: Springer Netherlands Publication date: 06/25/2009 Edition description: 2009 Pages: 363 Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 9.50(h) x 1.10(d) Mathematical and Statistical Estimation Approaches in Epidemiology compiles t- oretical and practical contributions of experts in the analysis of infectious disease epidemics in a single volume. Recent collections have focused in the analyses and simulation of deterministic and shastic models whose aim is to identify and rank epidemiological and social mechanisms responsible for disease transmission. The contributions in this volume focus on the connections between models and disease data with emphasis on the application of mathematical and statistical approaches that quantify model and data uncertainty. The book is aimed at public health experts, applied mathematicians and sci- tists in the life and social sciences, particularly graduate or advanced undergraduate students, who are interested not only in building and c