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A drug addiction model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

L. Billard  and
P. W. A. Dayananda
L. Billard*
Affiliation:
University of Georgia
P. W. A. Dayananda*
Affiliation:
University of Georgia
*
∗Postal address for both authors: Department of Statistics, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
∗Postal address for both authors: Department of Statistics, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
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Abstract

A drug addiction process in which individuals in a closed population can become addicts or pushers is modelled. Expressions for the state probabilities and factorial moments are obtained. A generalized model is also developed. This generalized drug addiction process can be viewed as a particular case of what may be called a competing death process.

Keywords

SUSCEPTIBLESADDICTSPUSHERSSTATE PROBABILITIESFACTORIAL MOMENTSCOMPETING DEATH PROCESS
Type
Research Papers
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 25 , Issue 4 , December 1988 , pp. 649 - 662
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1988 

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Footnotes

†

Research partially supported by National Institute of Health Grant No. 5 RO1 GM 30325, and Office of Naval Research Grant No. N00014–87-K 0499.

∗

On leave from Griffith University.

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