Pustaka Ilmiah Universitas Padjadjaran

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The Role Of Mathematics In Controlling Infectious Disease Transmission: A Lesson From Cikelet Case Study

Despite recognized as an abstract science, mathematics has proved to be useful in helping to solve many problems arising in daily life and problems from other disciplines, such as industrial, environmental, and biological sciences. The inter-relations between mathematics and other disciplines have not only giving benefits to the disciplines served by mathematics, but in many cases, there are also fruitfulness to mathematics itself. There are some mathematical concepts and theories inspired from these inter-relations. Sometimes the intimate connection between mathematics and other discipline gives rise to a new discipline, such as in the case of mathematical epidemiology.