A threshold limit theorem for the stochastic logistic epidemic

HåKan Andersson, Boualem Djehiche

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Abstract

The time until extinction for the closed SIS stochastic logistic epidemic model is investigated. We derive the asymptotic distribution for the extinction time as the population grows to infinity, under different initial conditions and for different values of the infection rate.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)662-670
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Applied Probability
Volume35
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 1998

Keywords

  • Birth and death process
  • Coupling
  • Entropy
  • Epidemic process
  • Time to extinction

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Statistics and Probability
  • General Mathematics
  • Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty

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