Analysis of Infectious Disease Data

ISBN-13: 9780412309908 / Angielski / Twarda / 1989 / 234 str.

Niels G. Becker

Opis

The analysis of infectious disease data requires separate attention because standard methods of statistical inference cannot be applied directly. In this book these difficulties are overcome by making appropriate model assumptions.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Chain binomial models 3. Chain models with random effects 4. Latent and infectious periods 5. Heterogeneity of disease spread through a community 6. Generalized Linear Models 7. Martingale methods 8. Methods of inference for large populations

O autorze

Becker\, N.G.