An unexpected result in an approximate carrier-borne epidemic process

In this article we examine an approximation to the carrier-borne epidemic process with both susceptible and carrier immigrations. It is shown that the approximate susceptible stochastic process is Poisson, with a mean equal to the deterministic number of susceptibles.

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Year of publication:	2008
Authors:	Gani, J. ; Swift, R.J.
Published in:	Statistics & Probability Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0167-7152. - Vol. 78.2008, 14, p. 2116-2120
Publisher:	Elsevier

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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