On the Estimation of Key Infectious Disease Parameters Based on Epidemic Data

Abstract

In this thesis, we delved into some fundamental issues in dealing with epidemic data. Throughout the thesis, the methods and techniques used in analyses relied on the common information, which are available in practice. We tried as much as possible not to ignore any information provided during the data collection process. We scrutinized all the relevant data and used them in the estimation procedure in order to obtain reliable estimates of the key infectious disease parameters. ...