00000cam a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773862486014 Buklod 20230920142421.0 m | | ta 230816s2021 flua rb |001 0|eng d 9780367684747 (pbk) (iLib)UPBAG-00047322282 BC-73418 SERV Enterprises Php7,017.00 Department of Mathematics and Computer Science University of Canterbury Library (OCLC) BAG rda eng RA 644 C67 F69 2021 Fox, William P. author. Mathematical modeling in the age of the pandemic William P. Fox. Boca Raton, FL CRC Press, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, LLC 2021. ix, 164 pages illustrations 24 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Textbooks in mathematics "A Chapman & Hall book." Includes bibliographical references and index. "COVID-19 or the testing that must occur to approve vaccines or treatments for the disease. This book's purpose is to shed some light on the meaning and interpretations of many of the types of models that are or might be used in the presentation of analysis. Understanding the concepts presented is essential in the entire modeling process of a pandemic. From the virus itself and its infectious rates and deaths rates to explain the process for testing a vaccine or eventually a cure, the author builds, presents, and shows model testing. This book is an attempt, based on available data, to add some validity to the models developed and used, showing how close to reality the models are to predicting "results" from previous pandemics such as the Spanish flu in 1918 and more recently the Honk Kong flu. Then the author applies those same models to Italy, New York City, and the United States as a whole. Modeling is a process. It is essential to understand that there are many assumptions that go into the modeling of each type of model. The assumptions influence the interpretation of the results. Regardless of the modeling approach the results generally indicate approximately the same results. This book reveals how these interesting results are obtained."--Provided by publisher. COVID-19 (Disease) Mathematical models. Epidemics Mathematical models. FO UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN RA 644 C67 F69 2021 Book