Do not let the dead bite! Different scenarios of the zombie epidemic reexamined

• Authors: Wojciech Tomczyk
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The Zombie Epidemic is a fun framework for investigating different scenarios of spreading disease. An extended Kermack – McKendrick model is analyzed. The only thing that can save humanity is to not get bitten or to find a remedy for the ”zombie virus” (both almost impossible).

Keywords

EN

Kermack – McKendrick model; Zombie; epidemic; ordinary differential equations

Discipline

• CHEMISTRY: CHEMISTRY

• Publisher: Towarzystwo Doktorantów. Uniwersytet Jagielloński
• Journal: Zeszyty Naukowe Towarzystwa Doktorantów Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego. Nauki Ścisłe
• Year: 2015
• Issue: 11
• Pages: 21-33

Contributors

author

Wojciech Tomczyk

• Uniwersytet Jagielloński

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• Document Type: article