FIRST ORDER DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS AND EPIDEMIC DYNAMICS
Journal Title: Българско списание за обществено здраве (Bulgarian Journal of Public Health) - Year 2015, Vol 0, Issue 3
Abstract
The methods of solving differential equations and the ways in which differential equations can be applied to real life problems is a vast and diverse field of mathematics. A particular case of applying first order differential equations is the sphere of elementary epidemic dynamics. With the use of mathematical notation for the expression of biological and chemical phenomena, it is easy to compose, analyze and manipulate the widely applied SIR compartment model for describing real life diseases. This model is used to illustrate the evolution of chicken pox under given assumptions for Sofia, Bulgaria in 2010.
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Kristine Bagdassarian
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