title: Heterogeneous sexual mixing in populations with arbitrarily connected multiple groups.
abstract: "A simple procedure for constructing [social/sexual] mixing models for arbitrarily classified (e.g. by sex, age, geographical location, sexual preference) populations is outlined, including a scheme for finding the number of independent mixing parameters required, and a simple (linear algebra) means for finding the values of the dependent mixing parameters.  Various worked examples are presented, including the two-sex problem and structured and selective mixing."  The use of the models for analyzing mixing structures for AIDS transmission is assessed. (SUMMARY IN FRE)
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Blythe
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; D001519:Behavior; D003710:Demography; D004194:Disease; D015658:HIV Infections; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D012106:Research; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012747:Sexual Partners; D014777:Virus Diseases
keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Behavior; Demographic Factors; Diseases; Heterogeneity; Hiv Infections--transmission; Mathematical Model; Models, Theoretical; Multiple Partners; Population; Population Characteristics; Research Methodology; Sex Behavior; Sexual Partners; Viral Diseases; World