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Epidemiology
New epidemiology study findings have been reported by researchers at Heriot-Watt University
September 23rd, 2008
"This article describes a method for choosing observation times for stochastic processes to maximise the expected information about their parameters. Two commonly used models for epidemiological processes are considered: a simple death process and a susceptible-infected (SI) epidemic process with dual sources for infection spreading within and from outwith the population," scientists in Scotland report. "The search for the optimal design uses Bayesian computational methods to explore the joint parameter-data-design space, combined with a method known as moment closure to approximate the likelihood to make the acceptance step efficient. For the processes considered, a...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-09-23)
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