Optimal Estimation of Parameters for an HIV Model

Danna Sun, Zhaoying Jiang, Ziku Wu

College of Science and Information, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China.

DOI: 10.4236/eng.2013.510B084                

Abstract

An HIV model was considered. The parameters of the model are estimated by adjoint dada assimilation method. The results showed the method is valid. This method has potential application to a wide variety of models in biomathematics.

Keywords

HIV Model; Optimal Estimation; Adjoint Data Assimilation

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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