11EPIDEMIOLOGY AND SIR MODELS
In this chapter, we’ll develop a model of an epidemic as it spreads in a susceptible population, and use it to evaluate the effectiveness of possible interventions.
My presentation of the model in the next few chapters is based on an excellent article by David Smith and Lang Moore, “The SIR Model for Spread of Disease,” published in the Journal of Online Mathematics and Its Applications in December 2001 (https://www.maa.org/press/periodicals/loci/joma/the-sir-model-for-spread-of-disease).
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