Bioterrorism: Mathematical Modeling Applications in Homeland Security - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0898715490 ISBN 13: 9780898715491

Casa editrice: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 1987

Riassunto

Discusses frameworks, models, and mathematical methods needed to address some of the pressing challenges posed by acts of terror.

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Descrizione del libro

Collects the detailed contributions of selected groups of experts from the fields of biostatistics, control theory, epidemiology, and mathematical biology who have engaged in the development of frameworks, models, and mathematical methods needed to address some of the pressing challenges posed by acts of terror.

Contenuti

Preface; 1. Challenges for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science in the Defense against Bioterrorism, Fred S. Roberts; 2. Worst-Case Scenarios and Epidemics Gerardo Chowell and Carlos Castillo-Chavez; 3. Chemical and Biological Sensing: Modeling and Analysis from the Real World Ira B. Schwartz, Lora Billings, David Holt, Anne W. Kusterbeck, and Ioana Triandaf; 4. The Distribution of Interpoint Distances Marco Bonetti, Laura Forsberg, Al Ozonoff, and Marcello Pagano; 5. Epidemiologic Information for Modeling Foot-and-Mouth Disease Thomas W. Bates, Mark C. Thurmond, and Tim E. Carpenter; 6. Modeling and Imaging Techniques with Potential for Application in Bioterrorism H. T. Banks, David Bortz, Gabriella Pinter, and Laura Potter; 7. Models for the Transmission Dynamics of Fanatic Behaviors Carlos Castillo-Chavez and Baojun Song; 8. An Epidemic Model with Virtual Mass Transportation: The Case of Smallpox in a Large City Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Baojun Song, and Juan Zhang; 9. The Role of Migration and Contact Distributions in Epidemic Spread K. P. Hadeler; 10. Modeling the Spread of Influenza among Cities James M. Hyman and Tara LaForce; Index.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
• Data di pubblicazione: 1987
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0898715490
• ISBN 13: 9780898715491
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 250
• Redattore: Banks H. T., Castillo-Chavez Carlos
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