Bioterrorism : mathematical modeling applications in homeland security / edited by H.T. Banks, Carlos Castillo-Chavez.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Banks, H. Thomas.

Castillo-Chávez, Carlos.

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.

Series:

Frontiers in applied mathematics ; 28.

Frontiers in applied mathematics ; 28

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biological warfare--Mathematical models.

Biological warfare.

Bioterrorism--Mathematical models.

Bioterrorism.

Civil defense--United States--Mathematical models.

Civil defense.

United States--Defenses--Mathematical models.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 electronic text (x, 240 p.) : ill., digital file.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pa. : Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM, 3600 Market Street, Floor 6, Philadelphia, PA 19104), 2003.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Summary:

Bioterrorism: Mathematical Modeling Applications in Homeland Security collects the detailed contributions of selected groups of experts from the fields of biostatistics, control theory, epidemiology, and mathematical biology who have engaged in the development of frameworks, models, and mathematical methods needed to address some of the pressing challenges posed by acts of terror. The ten chapters of this volume touch on a large range of issues in the subfields of biosurveillance, agroterrorism, bioterror response logistics, deliberate release of biological agents, impact assessment, and the spread of fanatic behaviors.

Contents:

Challenges for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science in the Defense against Bioterrorism / Fred S. Roberts

Worst-Case Scenarios and Epidemics / Gerardo Chowell and Carlos Castillo-Chavez

Chemical and Biological Sensing: Modeling and Analysis from the Real World / Ira B. Schwartz, Lora Billings, David Holt, Anne W. Kusterbeck, and Ioana Triandaf

The Distribution of Interpoint Distances / Marco Bonetti, Laura Forsberg, Al Ozonoff, and Marcello Pagano

Epidemiologic Information for Modeling Foot-and-Mouth Disease / Thomas W. Bates, Mark C. Thurmond, and Tim E. Carpenter

Modeling and Imaging Techniques with Potential for Application in Bioterrorism / H. T. Banks, David Bortz, Gabriella Pinter, and Laura Potter

Models for the Transmission Dynamics of Fanatic Behaviors / Carlos Castillo-Chavez and Baojun Song

An Epidemic Model with Virtual Mass Transportation: The Case of Smallpox in a Large City / Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Baojun Song, and Juan Zhang

The Role of Migration and Contact Distributions in Epidemic Spread / K. P. Hadeler

Modeling the Spread of Influenza among Cities / James M. Hyman and Tara LaForce.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based of title page of print version.

ISBN:

0-89871-751-5

Publisher Number:

FR28 siam

FR28 SIAM