2018
Risk ratios for contagious outcomes
Morozova O, Cohen T, Crawford FW. Risk ratios for contagious outcomes. Journal Of The Royal Society Interface 2018, 15: 20170696. PMID: 29343627, PMCID: PMC5805970, DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2017.0696.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Birth/birth-death processes and their computable transition probabilities with biological applications
Ho LST, Xu J, Crawford FW, Minin VN, Suchard MA. Birth/birth-death processes and their computable transition probabilities with biological applications. Journal Of Mathematical Biology 2017, 76: 911-944. PMID: 28741177, PMCID: PMC5783825, DOI: 10.1007/s00285-017-1160-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlgorithmsAnimalsBayes TheoremCommunicable DiseasesComputational BiologyComputer SimulationEnglandEpidemicsHistory, 17th CenturyHost-Parasite InteractionsHumansLikelihood FunctionsMarkov ChainsMathematical ConceptsModels, BiologicalMonte Carlo MethodPlagueProbabilityStochastic ProcessesConceptsBirth-death processTransition probabilitiesFinite-time transition probabilitiesSIR modelMonte Carlo approximationJoint posterior distributionLikelihood-based inferenceApproximate Bayesian computationStatistical inferenceMatrix exponentiationPosterior distributionProcess approximationBivariate extensionBayesian computationFraction representationLaplace transformCorrelation structureUnivariate populationsRemoved (SIR) modelSmall systemsBivariate processEfficient algorithmApproximationDirect inferenceFast method