Generation-interval MGF: M_T(s) = γ/(γ−s) (Exp(γ)); E[T]=1/γ; Var[T]=1/γ²

Layer 3 — Biologyin the epidemiology subtree

Generation-interval MGF framework — the canonical moment-generating-function description of the epidemiological generation time T (the random interval between a primary case's symptom onset and the secondary case's symptom onset in a…

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Generation MGF: M_T=γ/(γ−s); E[T]=1/γ; E[T²]=2/γ²; Var[T]=1/γ²

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