Bioterrorism

Preface Chapter 1: Challenges for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science in the Defense against Bioterrorism, Fred S. Roberts Chapter 2: Worst-Case Scenarios and Epidemics, Gerardo Chowell and Carlos Castillo-Chavez Chapter 3: Chemical and Biological Sensing: Modeling and Analysis from the Real World, Ira B. Schwartz, Lora Billings, David Holt, Anne W. Kusterbeck, and Ioana Triandaf Chapter 4: The Distribution of Interpoint Distances, Marco Bonetti, Laura Forsberg, Al Ozonoff, and Marcello Pagano Chapter 5: Epidemiologic Information for Modeling Foot-and-Mouth Disease, Thomas W. Bates, Mark C. Thurmond, and Tim E. Carpenter Chapter 6: Modeling and Imaging Techniques with Potential for Application in Bioterrorism, H. T. Banks, David Bortz, Gabriella Pinter, and Laura Potter Chapter 7: Models for the Transmission Dynamics of Fanatic Behaviors, Carlos Castillo-Chavez and Baojun Song Chapter 8: An Epidemic Model with Virtual Mass Transportation: The Case of Smallpox in a Large City, Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Baojun Song, and Juan Zhang Chapter 9: The Role of Migration and Contact Distributions in Epidemic Spread, K. P. Hadeler Chapter 10: Modeling the Spread of Influenza among Cities, James M. Hyman and Tara LaForce Index.