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Record Nr.

UNINA9910484387203321

Titolo

Structured population models in biology and epidemiology / / Pierre Magal, Shigui Ruan (eds.) ; with contributions by P. Auger ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, : Springer, 2008

ISBN

9783540782735

3540782737

Edizione

[1st ed. 2008.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XII, 302 p. 63 illus., 32 illus. in color.)

Collana

Lecture notes in mathematics, , 0075-8434 ; ; 1936

Altri autori (Persone)

AugerPierre

MagalPierre

RuanShigui <1963->

Disciplina

577.88015118

Soggetti

Population biology - Mathematical models

Epidemiology - Research - Methodology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Population Models Structured by Age, Size, and Spatial Position -- Infinite ODE Systems Modeling Size-Structured Metapopulations, Macroparasitic Diseases, and Prion Proliferation -- Simple Models for the Transmission of Microparasites Between Host Populations Living on Noncoincident Spatial Domains -- Spatiotemporal Patterns of Disease Spread: Interaction of Physiological Structure, Spatial Movements, Disease Progression and Human Intervention -- Aggregation of Variables and Applications to Population Dynamics -- The Biofilm Model of Freter: A Review.

Sommario/riassunto

This book consists of six chapters written by leading researchers in mathematical biology. These chapters present recent and important developments in the study of structured population models in biology and epidemiology. Topics include population models structured by age, size, and spatial position; size-structured models for metapopulations, macroparasitc diseases, and prion proliferation; models for transmission of microparasites between host populations living on non-coincident spatial domains; spatiotemporal patterns of disease spread; method of aggregation of variables in population dynamics; and biofilm models. It is suitable as a textbook for a mathematical



biology course or a summer school at the advanced undergraduate and graduate level. It can also serve as a reference book for researchers looking for either interesting and specific problems to work on or useful techniques and discussions of some particular problems.