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1005115
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b759485
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Moyé, Lemuel A.
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Difference equations with public health applications /\ Lemuel A. Moyé, Asha Seth Kapadia.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Marcel Dekker,, ©2000.
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| Series Statement
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Biostatistics ;; 6
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1 online resource (xiii, 392 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0203908333
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: 0585419701
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: 0824704479
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: 9780203908334
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: 9780824704476
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: 9780824745356
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: 9781135553326
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: 9781135553364
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: 9781135553371
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0824704479
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Series Introduction; Preface; Introduction; Contents; Difference Equations: Structure and Function; Generating Functions I: Inversion Principles; Generating Functions II: Coefficient Collection; Difference Equations: Invoking the Generating Functions; Difference Equations: Variable Coefficients; Difference Equations: Run Theory; Difference Equations: Drought Prediction; Difference Equations: Rhythm Disturbances; Difference Equations: Follow-up Losses in Clinical Trials; Difference Equations: Business Predictions; Difference Equations in Epidemiology: Basic Models.
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| Abstract
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This study of difference equations with public health applications develops the methodology for the solution of the general kth order linear difference equation using the generating function approach. It includes an examination of the dynamics of disease spread.
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Difference equations.
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Public health-- Research-- Methodology.
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Difference equations.
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MEDICAL-- Epidemiology.
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MEDICAL-- Health Risk Assessment.
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Public health-- Research-- Methodology.
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Biometry.
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Public Health.
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Statistics
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Biometry-- methods.
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Research Design.
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Stochastic Processes.
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| Dewey Classification
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614.4/07/27
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| LC Classification
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RA440.85.M693 2000eb
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2001 C-188
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WA 950M938d 2000
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| Added Entry
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Kapadia, Asha Seth,1937-
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