On the basic reproduction number in continuously structured populations

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Auteurs principaux: Barril, Carles, Calsina, Àngel, Cuadrado, Sílvia, Ripoll, Jordi
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author Barril, Carles
Calsina, Àngel
Cuadrado, Sílvia
Ripoll, Jordi
author_facet Barril, Carles
Calsina, Àngel
Cuadrado, Sílvia
Ripoll, Jordi
contents In the framework of population dynamics, the basic reproduction number R_0 is, by definition, the expected number of offspring that an individual has during its lifetime. In constant and time periodic environments it is calculated as the spectral radius of the so-called next-generation operator. In continuously structured populations defined in a Banach lattice X with concentrated states at birth one cannot define the next-generation operator in X. In the present paper we present an approach to compute the basic reproduction number of such models as the limit of the basic reproduction number of a sequence of models for which R_0 can be computed as the spectral radius of the next-generation operator. We apply these results to some examples: the (classical) size-dependent model, a size structured cell population model, a size structured model with diffusion in structure space (under some particular assumptions) and a (physiological) age-structured model with diffusion in structure space.
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spellingShingle On the basic reproduction number in continuously structured populations
Barril, Carles
Calsina, Àngel
Cuadrado, Sílvia
Ripoll, Jordi
Analysis of PDEs
Populations and Evolution
92D25, 35Q92
In the framework of population dynamics, the basic reproduction number R_0 is, by definition, the expected number of offspring that an individual has during its lifetime. In constant and time periodic environments it is calculated as the spectral radius of the so-called next-generation operator. In continuously structured populations defined in a Banach lattice X with concentrated states at birth one cannot define the next-generation operator in X. In the present paper we present an approach to compute the basic reproduction number of such models as the limit of the basic reproduction number of a sequence of models for which R_0 can be computed as the spectral radius of the next-generation operator. We apply these results to some examples: the (classical) size-dependent model, a size structured cell population model, a size structured model with diffusion in structure space (under some particular assumptions) and a (physiological) age-structured model with diffusion in structure space.
title On the basic reproduction number in continuously structured populations
topic Analysis of PDEs
Populations and Evolution
92D25, 35Q92
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.10557