Meyers, Lauren Ancel2437869992008-08-292017-05-112008-08-292017-05-112008-05http://hdl.handle.net/2152/3910textelectronicengCopyright is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works.Communicable diseases--Epidemiology--Mathematical modelsCommunicable diseases--Transmission--Mathematical modelsEpidemics--Mathematical modelsPercolation (Statistical physics)Thesis