Parameter Estimation for the Carrier-Borne Epidemic Model
载体传播流行病模型的参数估计
Summary We derive the maximum likelihood estimates (m.l.e.) of the infection and removal rates of the carrier-borne epidemic model when the process has been observed continuously for a fixed or random period of time. For both sampling schemes we derive the distribution of the m.l.e. of the inverse of the removal rate. We also consider the problem of estimating the relative removal rate of the model when the process has been observed continuously for a period of time, but the…