Spatiotemporal Modeling of Influenza: Partial Differential Equation Analysis in R - Couverture souple

Schiesser, William E.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3031005376 ISBN 13 : 9783031005374

Editeur : Springer, 2019

Synopsis

This book has a two-fold purpose:

(1) An introduction to the computer-based modeling of influenza, a continuing major worldwide communicable disease.

(2) The use of (1) as an illustration of a methodology for the computer-based modeling of communicable diseases.

For the purposes of (1) and (2), a basic influenza model is formulated as a system of partial differential equations (PDEs) that define the spatiotemporal evolution of four populations: susceptibles, untreated and treated infecteds, and recovereds. The requirements of a well-posed PDE model are considered, including the initial and boundary conditions. The terms of the PDEs are explained.

The computer implementation of the model is illustrated with a detailed line-by-line explanation of a system of routines in R (a quality, open-source scientific computing system that is readily available from the Internet). The R routines demonstrate the straightforward numerical solution ofa system of nonlinear PDEs by the method of lines (MOL), an established general algorithm for PDEs.

The presentation of the PDE modeling methodology is introductory with a minumum of formal mathematics (no theorems and proofs), and with emphasis on example applications. The intent of the book is to assist in the initial understanding and use of PDE mathematical modeling of communicable diseases, and the explanation and interpretation of the computed model solutions, as illustrated with the influenza model.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

William E. Schiesser is Emeritus McCann Professor of Computational Biomedical Engineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Professor of Mathematics at Lehigh University. His research is directed toward numerical methods and associated software for ordinary, differential-algebraic and partial differential equations (ODE/DAE/PDEs). He is the author, coauthor or coeditor of 23 books, and his ODE/DAE/PDE computer routines have been accessed by some 5,000 colleges and universities, corporations and government agencies.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3031005376
• ISBN 13: 9783031005374
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 112
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