Difference Equations with Public Health Applications

by Lemuel A. Moyé, Asha Seth Kapadia

Overview

This study of difference equations with public health applications develops the methodology for the solution of the general kth order linear difference equation using the generating function approach. It includes an examination of the dynamics of disease spread and containment in populations using illness-death models. There are over 1000 featured

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135553364
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	09/22/2000
Series:	Chapman & Hall/CRC Biostatistics Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	408
File size:	29 MB
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About the Author

Lemuel A. Moyé, Asha Seth Kapadia

Table of Contents

Series Introduction, Preface, Introduction, 1. Difference Equations: Structure and Function, 2. Generating Functions I: Inversion Principles, 3. Generating Functions II: Coefficient Collection, 4. Difference Equations: Invoking the Generating Functions, 5. Difference Equations: Variable Coefficients, 6. Difference Equations: Run Theory, 7. Difference Equations: Drought Prediction, 8. Difference Equations: Rhythm Disturbances, 9. Difference Equations: Follow-up Losses in Clinical Trials, 10. Difference Equations: Business Predictions, 11. Difference Equations in Epidemiology: Basic Models, 12. Difference Equations in Epidemiology: Advanced Models, Index

Editorial Reviews

Develops a methodology for the solution of the general k order linear difference equation using the generating function approach. To demonstrate the utility of these mathematical structures, complex public health structures are formulated as systems whose behaviors can be modeled as a family of different equations. Contains chapters on areas including inversion principles, variable coefficients, run theory, drought prediction, and difference equations in epidemiology. The authors teach biometry at the University of Texas School of Public Health-Houston. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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