• Drinking as an epidemic - a simple mathematical model with recovery and relapse 

      Sánchez Peña, Fabio Ariel; Wang, Xiaohong; Castillo Chávez, Carlos; Gorman, Dennis M.; Gruenewald, Paul J. (2007)
      This chapter discusses a simple mathematical model of drinking lapse. Problem drinking is modeled as an acquired state - the result of frequent or intense interactions among individuals in three drinking states within a ...