A primer on the use of probability generating functions in infectious disease modeling

We explore the application of probability generating functions (PGFs) to invasive processes, focusing on infectious disease introduced into large populations. Our goal is to acquaint the reader with applications of PGFs, moreso than to derive new results. PGFs help predict a number of properties abo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Joel C. Miller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2018-01-01
Series:Infectious Disease Modelling
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468042718300393