A Stochastic Model of Smoking Behavior Under a Cessation Program

A stochastic model describing the movements, resulting from a smoking cessation program, of a cohort of individuals from the smoking to the non‐smoking compartment is proposed. The distribution and first two moments of the number of smokers are derived.

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Published in:	Biometrical journal Vol. 43; no. 1; pp. 53 - 62
Main Authors:	Chan, Wenyaw, Kapadia, Asha S., Chuang, Alice Z.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin WILEY-VCH Verlag Berlin GmbH 01-02-2001 WILEY‐VCH Verlag Berlin GmbH Wiley-VCH
Subjects:	Distribution theory Exact sciences and technology Generalized birth-and-death process Markov processes Mathematics Probability and statistics Probability generating function Probability theory and stochastic processes Queueing network Sciences and techniques of general use Smoking cessation program Stochastic processes Stochastic model Generating function Statistical moment Tobacco smoking Probability distribution Poisson distribution Joint distribution Queueing network Behavior model Birth death process Cohort study Population dynamics Smoking cessation program
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Summary:	A stochastic model describing the movements, resulting from a smoking cessation program, of a cohort of individuals from the smoking to the non‐smoking compartment is proposed. The distribution and first two moments of the number of smokers are derived.
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ISSN:	0323-3847 1521-4036
DOI:	10.1002/1521-4036(200102)43:1<53::AID-BIMJ53>3.0.CO;2-2