Nearly one dimensional dynamics in an epidemic

William M. Schaffer, Mark Kot

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Abstract

The incidence of measles in New York City and Baltimore was studied using recently developed techniques in nonlinear dynamics. The data, monthly case reports for the years 1928-1963, suggest almost two dimensional, chaotic flows whose essential attributes are captured by one dimensional, unimodal maps. The effects of noise, inevitable in ecological and epidemiological systems are discussed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)403-427
Number of pages25
JournalJournal of Theoretical Biology
Volume112
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 21 1985

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Statistics and Probability
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • General Immunology and Microbiology
  • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Applied Mathematics

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