INVESTIGADORES
ABRAMSON Guillermo
artículos
Título:
Simulations in the mathematical modeling of the spread of the Hantavirus
Autor/es:
AGUIRRE, M.A.; ABRAMSON, G.; BISHOP, A.R.; KENKRE, V.M.
Revista:
PHYSICAL REVIEW E - STATISTICAL PHYSICS, PLASMAS, FLUIDS AND RELATED INTERDISCIPLINARY TOPICS
Editorial:
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
Referencias:
Año: 2002 vol. 66
ISSN:
1063-651X
Resumen:
The range of validity of a recently proposed deterministic (mean field) model of the spread of the Hantavirus infection is studied with the help of Monte Carlo simulations for the evolution of mice populations. The simulation is found to reproduce earlier results on the average but to display additional behavior stemming from discreteness in mice number and from fluctuations of the finite size system. It is shown that mice diffusion affects those additional features of the simulation in a physically understandable manner, higher diffusion constants leading to greater agreement with the mean field results.
