Difference Equations with Public Health Applications

1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-8247-0447-6
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 408 Seiten, Format (B × H): 149 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 658 g

Reihe: Chapman & Hall/CRC Biostatistics Series

This study of difference equations with public health applications develops the methodology for the solution of the general kth order linear difference equation using the generating function approach. It includes an examination of the dynamics of disease spread and containment in populations using illness-death models. There are over 1000 featured mathematical expressions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moyé, Lemuel A.

Kapadia, Asha Seth

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematische Analysis Differentialrechnungen und -gleichungen
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Numerik und Wissenschaftliches Rechnen Angewandte Mathematik, Mathematische Modelle
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Numerik und Wissenschaftliches Rechnen Computeranwendungen in der Mathematik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Präventivmedizin, Gesundheitsförderung, Medizinisches Screening

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The structure of difference equations; generating functions I -inversion principles; generating functions II - polynomials and coefficient collection; applications of generating functions to difference equations; difference equations with variable coefficients; difference equations and run theory - hydrology; drought prediction; rhythm disturbances of the heart; follow-up losses in clinical trials; ambulatory health-care clinic business predictions; difference equations in equations

This study of difference equations with public health applications develops the methodology for the solution of the general kth order linear difference equation using the generating function approach. It includes an examination of the dynamics of disease spread and containment in populations using illness-death models. There are over 1000 featured mathematical expressions.