Estimation in second order branching processes with application to swine flu data
- 7 April 2015
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods
- Vol. 45 (4), 1031-1046
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03610926.2013.853796
Abstract
This paper discusses inferential issues related to estimation of offspring mean and variance in a second order branching process, when both the offspring distributions are assumed to have identical mean and variance. Estimating equation approach is used to find the estimator of the offspring mean and the fact that a second order branching process model can be modeled as an autoregressive process is utilized to obtain the estimator of the offspring variance. Both the estimators are shown to be consistent and asymptotically normal. The second order branching process model is applied to H1N1 data for Pune, India, and Mexico and is found to be a suitable model. The estimates obtained from this model are used to compute the proportion of vaccination required for elimination of the disease.Keywords
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