Modelling the Impact of Media in Controlling the Diseases with a Piecewise Transmission Rate
An epidemic model with media is proposed to describe the spread of infectious diseases in a given region. A piecewise continuous transmission rate is introduced to describe that the media has its effect when the number of the infected exceeds a certain critical level. Furthermore, it is assumed that...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2016-01-01
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Series: | Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3458965 |