Time-continuous and time-discrete SIR models revisited: theory and applications

B Wacker, J Schlüter - Advances in Difference Equations, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Since Kermack and McKendrick have introduced their famous epidemiological SIR
model in 1927, mathematical epidemiology has grown as an interdisciplinary research …

[PDF][PDF] Nonlocal finite difference discretization of a class of renewal equation models for epidemics

E Messina, M Pezzella, A Vecchio - … Biosciences and Engineering, 2023 - aimspress.com
In this paper we consider a non-standard discretization to a Volterra integro-differential
system which includes a number of age-of-infection models in the literature. The aim is to …

[PDF][PDF] A non-standard finite-difference-method for a non-autonomous epidemiological model: analysis, parameter identification and applications

B Wacker, JC Schlüter - Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 2023 - aimspress.com
In this work, we propose a new non-standard finite-difference-method for the numerical
solution of the time-continuous non-autonomous susceptible-infected-recovered model. For …

Qualitative analysis of two systems of nonlinear first‐order ordinary differential equations for biological systems

B Wacker, JC Schlüter - Mathematical Methods in the Applied …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We consider two systems of nonlinear first‐order ordinary differential equations proposed to
describe Ca 2+‐levels in renal vascular smooth muscle cells and in liver cells. Initially, we …

An SIR‐based Bayesian framework for COVID‐19 infection estimation

H Wu, DA Stephens… - Canadian Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Estimating the COVID‐19 infection fatality rate, inferring the latent incidence and predicting
the future epidemic evolution are critical to public health surveillance, but often challenging …

A cubic nonlinear population growth model for single species: theory, an explicit–implicit solution algorithm and applications

B Wacker, JC Schlüter - Advances in Difference Equations, 2021 - Springer
In this paper, we extend existing population growth models and propose a model based on
a nonlinear cubic differential equation that reveals itself as a special subclass of Abel …

[PDF][PDF] Revisiting the classical target cell limited dynamical within-host HIV model-Basic mathematical properties and stability analysis

B Wacker, NSOP HIV-Infection - Mathematical Biosciences and …, 2024 - researchgate.net
In this article, we reconsider the classical target cell limited dynamical within-host HIV model,
solely taking into account the interaction between CD4+ T cells and virus particles. First, we …

The positive numerical solution for stochastic age-dependent capital system based on explicit-implicit algorithm

Y Du, Q Zhang, A Meyer-Baese - Applied Numerical Mathematics, 2021 - Elsevier
We know that the exact solutions for most of stochastic age-structured capital systems are
difficult to find. The numerical approximation method becomes an important tool to study …

Framework for solving dynamics of Ca2+ ion concentrations in liver cells numerically: Analysis of a non‐negativity‐preserving non‐standard finite‐difference method

B Wacker - Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, we consider the numerical approximation of dynamics of calcium ion
concentrations in liver cells by a non‐linear first‐order system of ordinary differential …

[PDF][PDF] Analysis of a non-standard finite-difference-method for a non-linear, extended three-compartmental model of ethanol metabolism in the human body

B Wacker - 2024 - researchgate.net
In this work, we combine two different existing two-compartmental models of ethanol
metabolism and propose a non-linear three-compartmental model of ethanol metabolism in …