zombie_ode

zombie_ode, a MATLAB code which sets up and solves a system of ordinary differential equations (ODE) for a generalized Susceptible/Infected/Recovered (SIR) epidemic model that simulates a zombie attack, by Philip Munz.

Licensing:

The information on this web page is distributed under the MIT license.

Languages:

zombie_ode is available in a MATLAB version and an Octave version and a Python version.

Related Data and codes:

zombie_ode_test

matlab_ode, a MATLAB code which sets up various ordinary differential equations (ODE).

Author:

Original MATLAB version by Philip Munz.

Reference:

1. David Griffiths, Desmond Higham,
   Numerical Methods for Ordinary Differential Equations,
   Springer, 2010,
   ISBN13: 978-0-85729-147-9.
2. Philip Munz, Ioan Hudea, Joe Imad, Robert Smith,
   When Zombies Attack!: Mathematical Modelling of an Outbreak of Zombie Infection,
   Infection Disease Modelling Progress,
   Editors: J M Tchuenche, C Chiyaka,
   Nova Science Publishers, 2009.

Source Code:

• zombie_conserved.m, returns a conserved quantity for the ODE.
• zombie_deriv.m, evaluates the right hand side of the ODE.
• zombie_parameters.m, returns parameters for the ODE.