The following equation is a function for parameterfitting in the Reed-Frost epidemiological
model, but acquaintance with the model is not a necessity, i just need help in figuring out
how to approximate the parameter q in the following equation:
(sum (from t=0 to n-1) of C(t)C(t+1)q^C(t)/q(1-q^C(t)))-(sum (from t=0 to n-1) of
C(t)S(t+1)/q = 0
where C(t) and S(t) are discrete functions
The equation can also be seen in the following link:
www.akira.ruc.dk/~pgoetze/reedfrost.html
You can contact me, pgoetze@ruc.dk, if you are unsure how to interpreat the equation.
Matlab and maple are at my disposal.
If you know a method for solving this problem i would be really greatful!
Ps.
This question is posted in other areas of this forum because i do not know the category of the problem, sorry!