ENGLISH

Structured population models in biology and epidemiology

By G. F. Webb (auth.) , Pierre Magal , Shigui Ruan (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2008
ISBN
3540782729, 9783540782728, 9783540782735, 3540782737
DOI
10.1007/978-3-540-78273-5
ISSN
0075-8434
LCC
QH352 .S858 2008
Open Library ID
OL17117861M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2907040 bytes)
Series
Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1936 Mathematical biosciences subseries
Edition
1
Pages
302\314
Topic
Biology
Library
Kolxo3
Scanned
yes
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11
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Description

This book consists of six chapters written by leading researchers in mathematical biology. These chapters present recent and important developments in the study of structured population models in biology and epidemiology. Topics include population models structured by age, size, and spatial position; size-structured models for metapopulations, macroparasitc diseases, and prion proliferation; models for transmission of microparasites between host populations living on non-coincident spatial domains; spatiotemporal patterns of disease spread; method of aggregation of variables in population dynamics; and biofilm models. It is suitable as a textbook for a mathematical biology course or a summer school at the advanced undergraduate and graduate level. It can also serve as a reference book for researchers looking for either interesting and specific problems to work on or useful techniques and discussions of some particular problems.

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