Quantitative Methods For Investigating Infectious Disease Outbreaks - Ping Yan

This Book Provides A Systematic Treatment Of The Mathematical Underpinnings Of Work In The Theory Of Outbreak Dynamics And Their Control, Covering Balanced Perspectives Between Theory And Practice Including Material On Contemporary Topics In The Field Of Infectious Disease Modelling. Specifically, It Presents A Unified Mathematical Framework Linked To The Distribution Theory Of Non-negative Random Variables; The Many Examples In The Text, Are Introduced And Discussed In Light Of Theoretical Perspectives. The Book Is Organized Into 9 Chapters: The First Motivates The Presentation Of The Material On Subsequent Chapters; Chapter 2-3 Provides A Review Of Basic Concepts Of Probability And Statistical Models For The Distributions Of Continuous Lifetime Data And The Distributions Of Random Counts And Counting Processes, Which Are Linked To Phenomenological Models.