Control and surveillance of partially observed stochastic epidemics in a Bayesian framework

This thesis comprises a number of inter-related parts. For most of the thesis we are concerned with developing a new statistical technique that can enable the identi cation of the optimal control by comparing competing control strategies for stochastic epidemic models in real time. In the second par...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Adrakey, Hola Kwame
Other Authors: Gibson, Gavin ; Streftaris, George
Published: Heriot-Watt University 2016
Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.739315