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• Applications of Information Theory to Epidemiology collects recent research findings on the analysis of diagnostic information and epidemic dynamics. • The collection includes an outstanding new review article by William Benish, providing both a historical overview and new insights. • In research articles, disease diagnosis and disease dynamics are viewed from both clinical medicine and plant pathology perspectives. Both theory and applications are discussed. • New theory is presented, particularly in the area of diagnostic decision-making taking account of predictive values, via developments of the predictive receiver operating characteristic curve. • New applications of information theory to the analysis of observational studies of disease dynamics in both human and plant populations are presented.

Research & information: general --- Biology, life sciences --- Ebola model --- Caputo derivative --- Caputo–Fabrizio derivative --- Atangana–Baleanu derivative --- numerical results --- entropy --- information theory --- multiple diagnostic tests --- mutual information --- relative entropy --- balance --- Jensen–Shannon divergence --- observational study --- selection bias --- probability --- forecast --- likelihood ratio --- positive predictive value --- negative predictive value --- diagnostic information --- Shannon entropy --- epidemic model --- transient behavior --- vaccination and treatment intervention controls --- diagnostic test --- evaluation --- ROC curve --- PROC curve --- binormal --- prevalence --- Bayes’ rule --- leaf plot --- expected mutual information --- predictive ROC curve --- PV-ROC curve --- SS-ROC curve --- SS/PV-ROC plot --- empirical --- urinary bladder cancer --- sensitivity --- specificity --- HIV/AIDS epidemic --- regression model --- Newton–Raphson procedure --- Fisher scoring algorithm --- time series --- early detection --- Asiatic citrus canker --- latent class --- field diagnostic --- scent signature --- direct assay --- deployment --- average mutual information --- stochastic processes --- deterministic dynamics --- n/a --- Caputo-Fabrizio derivative --- Atangana-Baleanu derivative --- Jensen-Shannon divergence --- Bayes' rule --- Newton-Raphson procedure

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This reprint focuses on exploring new developments in both pure and applied mathematics as a result of fractional behaviour. It covers the range of ongoing activities in the context of fractional calculus by offering alternate viewpoints, workable solutions, new derivatives, and methods to solve real-world problems. It is impossible to deny that fractional behaviour exists in nature. Any phenomenon that has a pulse, rhythm, or pattern appears to be a fractal. The 17 papers that were published and are part of this volume provide credence to that claim. A variety of topics illustrate the use of fractional calculus in a range of disciplines and offer sufficient coverage to pique every reader's attention.

Research & information: general --- Mathematics & science --- bessel function --- harmonically convex function --- non-singular function involving kernel fractional operator --- Hadamard inequality --- Fejér–Hadamard inequality --- Elzaki transform --- Caputo fractional derivative --- AB-fractional operator --- new iterative transform method --- Fisher’s equation --- Hukuhara difference --- Atangana–Baleanu fractional derivative operator --- Mittag–Leffler kernel --- Fornberg–Whitham equation --- fractional div-curl systems --- Helmholtz decomposition theorem --- Riemann–Liouville derivative --- Caputo derivative --- fractional vector operators --- weighted (k,s) fractional integral operator --- weighted (k,s) fractional derivative --- weighted generalized Laplace transform --- fractional kinetic equation --- typhoid fever disease --- vaccination --- model calibration --- asymptotic stability --- fixed point theory --- nonlinear models --- efficiency index --- computational cost --- Halley’s method --- basin of attraction --- computational order of convergence --- Caputo–Hadamard fractional derivative --- thermostat modeling --- Caputo–Hadamard fractional integral --- hybrid Caputo–Hadamard fractional differential equation and inclusion --- prey-predator model --- boundedness --- period-doubling bifurcation --- Neimark-Sacker bifurcation --- hybrid control --- fractal dimensions --- cubic B-splines --- trigonometric cubic B-splines --- extended cubic B-splines --- Caputo–Fabrizio derivative --- Cattaneo equation --- Hermite-Hadamard-type inequalities --- Hilfer fractional derivative --- Hölder’s inequality --- fractional-order differential equations --- operational matrices --- shifted Vieta–Lucas polynomials --- Adomian decomposition method --- system of Whitham-Broer-Kaup equations --- Caputo-Fabrizio derivative --- Yang transform --- ϑ-Caputo derivative --- extremal solutions --- monotone iterative method --- sequences --- convex --- exponential convex --- fractional --- quantum --- inequalities --- Gould-Hopper-Laguerre-Sheffer matrix polynomials --- quasi-monomiality --- umbral calculus --- fractional calculus --- Euler’s integral of gamma functions --- beta function --- generalized hypergeometric series --- operational methods --- delta function --- Riemann zeta-function --- fractional transforms --- Fox–Wright-function --- generalized fractional kinetic equation --- n/a --- Fejér-Hadamard inequality --- Fisher's equation --- Atangana-Baleanu fractional derivative operator --- Mittag-Leffler kernel --- Fornberg-Whitham equation --- Riemann-Liouville derivative --- Halley's method --- Caputo-Hadamard fractional derivative --- Caputo-Hadamard fractional integral --- hybrid Caputo-Hadamard fractional differential equation and inclusion --- Hölder's inequality --- shifted Vieta-Lucas polynomials --- Euler's integral of gamma functions --- Fox-Wright-function

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This reprint focuses on exploring new developments in both pure and applied mathematics as a result of fractional behaviour. It covers the range of ongoing activities in the context of fractional calculus by offering alternate viewpoints, workable solutions, new derivatives, and methods to solve real-world problems. It is impossible to deny that fractional behaviour exists in nature. Any phenomenon that has a pulse, rhythm, or pattern appears to be a fractal. The 17 papers that were published and are part of this volume provide credence to that claim. A variety of topics illustrate the use of fractional calculus in a range of disciplines and offer sufficient coverage to pique every reader's attention.

bessel function --- harmonically convex function --- non-singular function involving kernel fractional operator --- Hadamard inequality --- Fejér–Hadamard inequality --- Elzaki transform --- Caputo fractional derivative --- AB-fractional operator --- new iterative transform method --- Fisher’s equation --- Hukuhara difference --- Atangana–Baleanu fractional derivative operator --- Mittag–Leffler kernel --- Fornberg–Whitham equation --- fractional div-curl systems --- Helmholtz decomposition theorem --- Riemann–Liouville derivative --- Caputo derivative --- fractional vector operators --- weighted (k,s) fractional integral operator --- weighted (k,s) fractional derivative --- weighted generalized Laplace transform --- fractional kinetic equation --- typhoid fever disease --- vaccination --- model calibration --- asymptotic stability --- fixed point theory --- nonlinear models --- efficiency index --- computational cost --- Halley’s method --- basin of attraction --- computational order of convergence --- Caputo–Hadamard fractional derivative --- thermostat modeling --- Caputo–Hadamard fractional integral --- hybrid Caputo–Hadamard fractional differential equation and inclusion --- prey-predator model --- boundedness --- period-doubling bifurcation --- Neimark-Sacker bifurcation --- hybrid control --- fractal dimensions --- cubic B-splines --- trigonometric cubic B-splines --- extended cubic B-splines --- Caputo–Fabrizio derivative --- Cattaneo equation --- Hermite-Hadamard-type inequalities --- Hilfer fractional derivative --- Hölder’s inequality --- fractional-order differential equations --- operational matrices --- shifted Vieta–Lucas polynomials --- Adomian decomposition method --- system of Whitham-Broer-Kaup equations --- Caputo-Fabrizio derivative --- Yang transform --- ϑ-Caputo derivative --- extremal solutions --- monotone iterative method --- sequences --- convex --- exponential convex --- fractional --- quantum --- inequalities --- Gould-Hopper-Laguerre-Sheffer matrix polynomials --- quasi-monomiality --- umbral calculus --- fractional calculus --- Euler’s integral of gamma functions --- beta function --- generalized hypergeometric series --- operational methods --- delta function --- Riemann zeta-function --- fractional transforms --- Fox–Wright-function --- generalized fractional kinetic equation --- n/a --- Fejér-Hadamard inequality --- Fisher's equation --- Atangana-Baleanu fractional derivative operator --- Mittag-Leffler kernel --- Fornberg-Whitham equation --- Riemann-Liouville derivative --- Halley's method --- Caputo-Hadamard fractional derivative --- Caputo-Hadamard fractional integral --- hybrid Caputo-Hadamard fractional differential equation and inclusion --- Hölder's inequality --- shifted Vieta-Lucas polynomials --- Euler's integral of gamma functions --- Fox-Wright-function