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SUBMITTER: Yaesoubi R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3182455 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
European journal of operational research 20111201 3
We propose a class of mathematical models for the transmission of infectious diseases in large populations. This class of models, which generalizes the existing discrete-time Markov chain models of infectious diseases, is compatible with efficient dynamic optimization techniques to assist real-time selection and modification of public health interventions in response to evolving epidemiological situations and changing availability of information and medical resources. While retaining the strengt ...[more]