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A note on the moments of the final size of the general epidemic model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Ross Dunstan
Ross Dunstan*
Affiliation:
The Australian National University
*
∗Present address: School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6153, Australia.
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Abstract

In the general epidemic model we study the first two moments of the final size. Beginning with the backwards equation, algebraic methods are used to find their asymptotic series expansions as the population size increases.

Keywords

GENERAL EPIDEMICMEAN AND VARIANCE OF FINAL SIZEASYMPTOTIC SERIES EXPANSIONSNUMERICAL COMPARISONS

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Short Communications
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Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , June 1980 , pp. 532 - 538
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Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1980 

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