RETRACTED: Bounding Pandemic Spread by Heat Spread

Teddy Lazebnik^1*, Uri Ital²

¹Department of Cancer Biology, Cancer Institute, University College London, London, UK.
²TRST AI, Tel Aviv, Israel.

DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1109019                

Abstract

Short Retraction Notice
This paper has been retracted from Open Access Library Journal (OALib Journal) according to authors’ withdrawal request. The Editorial Board would like to extend its sincere apology for any inconvenience this withdrawal may have caused.
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Keywords

Partial-Knowledge Pandemic Management, Stochastic SIR Model, Diffusion Rate Boundary

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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