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On spàtial general epidemics and bond percolation processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Kari Kuulasmaa  and
Stan Zachary
Kari Kuulasmaa*
Affiliation:
University of Oulu
Stan Zachary*
Affiliation:
Heriot-Watt University
*
∗Present address: National Public Health Institute, Department of Epidemiology, Mannerheimintie 166, SF-00280 Helsinki, Finland.
∗∗Postal address: Department of Actuarial Mathematics and Statistics, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, UK.
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Abstract

We show that a lower bound for the probability that a spatial general epidemic never becomes extinct is given by the percolation probability of an associated bond percolation process.

Keywords

PERCOLATION PROCESS
Type
Short Communications
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 21 , Issue 4 , December 1984 , pp. 911 - 914
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1984 

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