Consider a population of size n, some of whom are infected with a certain virus Suppose that

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Consider a population of size n, some of whom are infected with a certain virus Suppose that in an interval of length h any specified pair of individuals will independently interact with probability Ah + o(h) If exactly one of the individuals involved in the interaction is infected then the other one becomes infected with probability a If there is a single individual infected at time 0, find the expected time at which the entire population is infected

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Stochastic Processes

ISBN: 9780471120629

2nd Edition

Authors: Sheldon M. Ross

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