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1 Why Age Structure? An Introduction |
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1.1 Human Demography: A Classic |
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2 | (23) |
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1.1.1 Demographic Age Structure |
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7 | (2) |
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9 | (5) |
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14 | (3) |
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17 | (3) |
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1.1.5 Modeling Trends and Habitat Changes |
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20 | (2) |
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1.1.6 The Basic Elements of a Description |
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22 | (3) |
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25 | (7) |
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26 | (2) |
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1.2.2 Juvenile-Adult Interaction |
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28 | (3) |
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1.2.3 Modeling Nonlinear Vital Rates |
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31 | (1) |
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32 | (17) |
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1.3.1 Essential Unstructured Modeling |
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35 | (2) |
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1.3.2 The Single Epidemic Outbreak |
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37 | (2) |
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39 | (2) |
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1.3.4 The Age of the Disease: The Internal Clock |
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41 | (2) |
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1.3.5 Chronological Age: Demography and Epidemics |
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43 | (3) |
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46 | (3) |
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2 The Basic Linear Theory |
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49 | (40) |
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2.1 The Lotka--McKendrick Equation |
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50 | (2) |
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52 | (3) |
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2.3 Existence of a Solution |
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55 | (4) |
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59 | (3) |
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2.5 The Asymptotic Behavior |
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62 | (5) |
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67 | (6) |
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73 | (4) |
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77 | (2) |
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79 | (3) |
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2.10 Eigenvalues, Eigenvectors and the Characteristic Equation |
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82 | (1) |
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2.11 Comments and References |
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83 | (6) |
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85 | (4) |
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3 Numerical Methods for the Linear Model |
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89 | (34) |
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3.1 The Methodology of Characteristics |
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90 | (2) |
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3.2 Euler--Riemann Methods |
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92 | (3) |
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3.3 Convergence of ER Methods |
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95 | (4) |
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99 | (7) |
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3.5 Unbounded Mortality Rates |
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106 | (4) |
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3.6 Approximation of R and α* |
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110 | (4) |
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3.7 Numerical Simulations |
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114 | (7) |
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3.8 Comments and References |
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121 | (2) |
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122 | (1) |
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4 The Time-Dependent Case |
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123 | (18) |
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4.1 Extension of the Lotka-McKendrick Model |
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124 | (2) |
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4.2 The Case of Converging Rates |
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126 | (5) |
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131 | (2) |
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4.4 Strong and Weak Ergodicity |
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133 | (3) |
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4.5 Real-Life Data and Numerical Simulations |
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136 | (3) |
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4.6 Comments and References |
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139 | (2) |
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140 | (1) |
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141 | (32) |
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5.1 A General Nonlinear Model |
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142 | (4) |
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5.2 The Solution to the Problem |
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146 | (4) |
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5.3 The Equilibria of the Model |
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150 | (2) |
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5.4 Modeling Logistic Growth |
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152 | (3) |
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5.5 Juvenile-Adult Dynamics |
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155 | (5) |
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5.6 Multiple Equilibria in Juvenile-Adult Dynamics |
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160 | (2) |
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162 | (3) |
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5.8 A Model for Cannibalism |
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165 | (4) |
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5.9 Comments and References |
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169 | (4) |
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171 | (2) |
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6 Stability of Equilibria |
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173 | (28) |
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6.1 The Basic Paradigm of Stability |
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174 | (5) |
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6.2 Some Results on the Characteristic Equation |
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179 | (6) |
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6.3 Back to the Logistic Model |
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185 | (5) |
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6.4 Adult-Juvenile Competition |
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190 | (7) |
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197 | (1) |
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6.6 Comments and References |
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198 | (3) |
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199 | (2) |
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7 Numerical Methods for the Nonlinear Model |
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201 | (18) |
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7.1 Finite Differences on Characteristics |
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203 | (4) |
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7.2 Analytic Representation of the Solution |
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207 | (4) |
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7.3 Methods for Hyperbolic Equations |
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211 | (3) |
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7.4 Methods Based on Integral Equations |
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214 | (1) |
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7.5 Comments and References |
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215 | (4) |
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216 | (3) |
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219 | (22) |
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8.1 A General Approach to a Class of Models |
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220 | (4) |
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8.2 A Class of Logistic Models |
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224 | (5) |
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229 | (5) |
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234 | (5) |
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8.5 Comments and References |
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239 | (2) |
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239 | (2) |
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9 Class-Age Structure for Epidemics |
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241 | (36) |
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9.1 The Classical Kermack--McKendrick Model |
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242 | (2) |
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9.2 Reduction of the System |
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244 | (2) |
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9.3 Epidemic Outbreak and Extinction |
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246 | (4) |
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9.4 The SIS Model: Endemic States and Stability |
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250 | (4) |
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9.5 Modeling Variable Populations |
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254 | (2) |
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256 | (5) |
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9.7 Endemic States for the SIR Model |
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261 | (4) |
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9.8 A Model for the HIV/AIDS Epidemic |
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265 | (5) |
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9.9 A Model for Tuberculosis |
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270 | (4) |
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9.10 Comments and References |
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274 | (3) |
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275 | (2) |
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10 Epidemics and Demography |
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277 | (44) |
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10.1 SIR and SIS Age-Structured Models |
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278 | (5) |
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10.2 Analysis of the SIS Model |
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283 | (11) |
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10.3 Asymptotic Stability for the SIS Model |
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294 | (6) |
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10.4 Results for the SIR Model |
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300 | (9) |
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10.5 Stability of Steady States for the SIR Model |
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309 | (7) |
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10.6 Comments and References |
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316 | (5) |
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317 | (4) |
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321 | (14) |
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321 | (2) |
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323 | (1) |
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A.3 The Inversion Formula |
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324 | (2) |
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A.4 Asymptotic Behavior of the Transform |
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326 | (4) |
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A.5 The Behavior of the Original Function |
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330 | (2) |
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A.6 The Discrete Context and the Z-Transform |
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332 | (3) |
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333 | (2) |
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B Integral Equations Theory |
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335 | (10) |
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335 | (3) |
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B.2 The Characteristic Equation |
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338 | (4) |
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342 | (3) |
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343 | (2) |
List of Symbols |
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345 | (2) |
Index |
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