2018
Exposure, hazard, and survival analysis of diffusion on social networks
Wu J, Crawford FW, Kim DA, Stafford D, Christakis NA. Exposure, hazard, and survival analysis of diffusion on social networks. Statistics In Medicine 2018, 37: 2561-2585. PMID: 29707798, PMCID: PMC6933552, DOI: 10.1002/sim.7658.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 methodAn Adaptive Approach to Locating Mobile HIV Testing Services
Gonsalves GS, Crawford FW, Cleary PD, Kaplan EH, Paltiel AD. An Adaptive Approach to Locating Mobile HIV Testing Services. Medical Decision Making 2017, 38: 262-272. PMID: 28699382, PMCID: PMC5748375, DOI: 10.1177/0272989x17716431.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlgorithmsBayes TheoremComputer SimulationHIV InfectionsHumansMass ScreeningMobile Health UnitsPrevalenceConceptsMobile HIV testingHIV testingMobile HIV testing servicesHIV testing resourcesUndetected HIV infectionHIV testing servicesCase detection ratePublic health agenciesUndiagnosed HIVHIV infectionHIV testHIV prevalenceUnknown prevalenceMore casesHealth agenciesDefinitions of hotspotsPrevalence informationTesting servicesPrevalenceSelection biasDetection rateSearch strategyHIV