A Simple Model for a SARS Epidemic

Autor/in	Ang, Keng Cheng
Titel	A Simple Model for a SARS Epidemic
Quelle	In: Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications: An International Journal of the IMA, 23 (2004) 4, S.181-188 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0268-3679
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Mathematical Concepts; Mathematical Models; Communicable Diseases; Data Analysis; Epidemiology; Public Health; Mathematical Applications; Statistics; Singapore + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Mathematical model; Mathematisches Modell; Contagious disease; Contagious diseases; Communicable disease; Infektionskrankheit; Auswertung; Epidemiologie; Gesundheitswesen; Angewandte Mathematik; Innermathematische Anwendung; Statistik; Singapur
Abstract	In this paper, we examine the use of an ordinary differential equation in modelling the SARS outbreak in Singapore. The model provides an excellent example of using mathematics in a real life situation. The mathematical concepts involved are accessible to students with A level Mathematics backgrounds. Data for the SARS epidemic in Singapore are used for a detailed study. Beginning with a simple logistic model, we discuss how it may be analysed, refined and improved. The exercise serves to provide insight into the processes involved in deterministic modelling using a realistic and relevant example. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10