RT - Journal Article T1 - Estimation of the Basic Reproduction Number by Period Dependent Branching Process JF - JSS YR - 2018 JO - JSS VO - 11 IS - 2 UR - http://jss.irstat.ir/article-1-347-en.html SP - 319 EP - 328 K1 - Branching Process K1 - Basic Reproduction Number K1 - Epidemiology AB - The basic reproduction number is the average number of secondary infection cases generated by a single primary case in a susceptible population. Estimation of the basic reproduction number is important in medical studies. In this paper, we describe a new method for estimating the basic reproduction number by branching processes. Finally, we apply this estimator on real data reported by the National Center for Biotechnology Information in the USA. LA eng UL http://jss.irstat.ir/article-1-347-en.html M3 10.29252/jss.11.2.319 ER -