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Computational Epidemiology

Data-Driven Modeling of COVID-19

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  • Includes more than 400 examples, figures, and problems

  • Provides problem sets, both analytical and computational

  • Teaches students how to integrate data and physics-based modeling

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Mathematical epidemiology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. The classical SIS model

      • Ellen Kuhl
      Pages 33-40
    3. The classical SIR model

      • Ellen Kuhl
      Pages 41-59
    4. The classical SEIR model

      • Ellen Kuhl
      Pages 61-77
  3. Computational epidemiology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79
    2. The computational SIR model

      • Ellen Kuhl
      Pages 99-116
    3. The computational SEIR model

      • Ellen Kuhl
      Pages 117-145
    4. The computational SEIIR model

      • Ellen Kuhl
      Pages 147-165
  4. Network epidemiology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 167-167
    2. Introduction to network epidemiology

      • Ellen Kuhl
      Pages 169-198
    3. The network SEIR model

      • Ellen Kuhl
      Pages 199-217
  5. Data-driven epidemiology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 219-219
    2. Introduction to data-driven epidemiology

      • Ellen Kuhl
      Pages 221-248
    3. Data-driven dynamic SEIR model

      • Ellen Kuhl
      Pages 249-267
    4. Data-driven dynamic SEIIR model

      • Ellen Kuhl
      Pages 269-288
    5. Data-driven network SEIR model

      • Ellen Kuhl
      Pages 289-308
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 309-312

About this book

This innovative textbook brings together modern concepts in mathematical epidemiology, computational modeling, physics-based simulation, data science, and machine learning to understand one of the most significant problems of our current time, the outbreak dynamics and outbreak control of COVID-19. It teaches the relevant tools to model and simulate nonlinear dynamic systems in view of a global pandemic that is acutely relevant to human health.

If you are a student, educator, basic scientist, or medical researcher in the natural or social sciences, or someone passionate about big data and human health: This book is for you! It serves as a textbook for undergraduates and graduate students, and a monograph for researchers and scientists. It can be used in the mathematical life sciences suitable for courses in applied mathematics, biomedical engineering, biostatistics, computer science, data science, epidemiology, health sciences, machine learning, mathematical biology, numerical methods, and probabilistic programming. This book is a personal reflection on the role of data-driven modeling during the COVID-19 pandemic, motivated by the curiosity to understand it.

Reviews

“Right off the bat, let me say that I really enjoyed Kuhl’s book. It is beautifully written, very engaging, and the topics and examples are thoughtfully chosen. … This is a timely and truly wonderful book.” (Anita T. Layton, SIAM Review, Vol. 64 (3), September, 2022)

“This is a very ambitious book. … Every chapter has a collection of very good problems. … the many examples using real data make the book a valuable resource. Overall the book presents a number of important ideas and offers some significant new approaches for modeling real and complicated epidemics. It’s a great place to begin to understand where mathematical epidemiology is now and where it has to go.” (Bill Satzer, MAA Reviews, May 9, 2022)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, USA

    Ellen Kuhl

About the author

Ellen Kuhl is the Walter B. Reinhold Professor in the School of Engineering and Robert Bosch Chair of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. She is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and, by courtesy, Bioengineering. She received her PhD from the University of Stuttgart in 2000 and her Habilitation from the University of Kaiserslautern in 2004. Her area of expertise is Living Matter Physics, the design of theoretical and computational models to simulate and predict the behavior of living systems. Ellen has published more than 200 peer-reviewed journal articles and edited two books; she is an active reviewer for more than 20 journals at the interface of engineering and medicine and an editorial board member of seven international journals in her field. She is a founding member of the Living Heart Project, a translational research initiative to revolutionize cardiovascular science through realistic simulation with 400 participants from research, industry, and medicine from 24 countries. Ellen is the current Chair of the US National Committee on Biomechanics and a Member-Elect of the World Council of Biomechanics. She is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and of the American Institute for Mechanical and Biological Engineering. She received the National Science Foundation Career Award in 2010, was selected as Midwest Mechanics Seminar Speaker in 2014,

and received the Humboldt Research Award in 2016 and the ASME Ted Belytschko Applied Mechanics Award in 2021. Ellen is an All American triathlete on the Wattie Ink. Elite Team, a multiple Boston, Chicago, and New York marathon runner, and a Kona Ironman World Championship finisher.

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eBook USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 69.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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