TY - JOUR
T1 - The rate of convergence to early asymptotic behaviour in age-structured epidemic models.
AU - Rhodes, Christopher A
AU - House, Thomas
PY - 2013/5
Y1 - 2013/5
N2 - Age structure is incorporated in many types of epidemic models. Often it is convenient to assume that such models converge to early asymptotic behaviour quickly, before the susceptible population has been appreciably depleted. We make use of dynamical systems theory to show that for some reasonable parameter values, this convergence can be slow. Such a possibility should therefore be considered when parametrising age-structured epidemic models.
AB - Age structure is incorporated in many types of epidemic models. Often it is convenient to assume that such models converge to early asymptotic behaviour quickly, before the susceptible population has been appreciably depleted. We make use of dynamical systems theory to show that for some reasonable parameter values, this convergence can be slow. Such a possibility should therefore be considered when parametrising age-structured epidemic models.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84880590071
U2 - 10.1016/j.tpb.2013.02.003
DO - 10.1016/j.tpb.2013.02.003
M3 - Article
C2 - 23454353
SN - 1096-0325
VL - 85
JO - Theoretical Population Biology
JF - Theoretical Population Biology
ER -
