We present a set of difference equations which represents the discrete counterpart of a large class of continuous model concerning the dynamics of an infection in an organism or in a host population. The limiting behavior of the discrete model is studied and a threshold parameter playing the role of
On the mechanistic underpinning of discrete-time population models with complex dynamics
✍ Scribed by Stefan A.H. Geritz; Éva Kisdi
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 275 KB
- Volume
- 228
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-5193
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