An Introduction to Stochastic Processes with Applications to Biology

Abriefintroductiontotheformulationofvarioustypesofstochasticepidemicmodelsispresentedbasedonthewell-knowndeterministicSISandSIRepidemicmodels.Threedifferenttypesofstochasticmodelformulationsarediscussed:discretetimeMarkovchain,continuoustimeMarkovchainandstochasticdifferentialequations.P