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View SchemaGeographical effects on epidemic spreading in scale-free networks
| Authors | Xin-Jian Xu, Wen-Xu Wang, Tao Zhou, Guanrong Chen |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0606256 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0606256 |
| DOI | 10.1142/S0129183106010194 |
| Journal | Int. J. Mod. Phys. C 17, 1815 (2006). |
Abstract
Many real networks are embedded in a metric space: the interactions among individuals depend on their spatial distances and usually take place among their nearest neighbors. In this paper, we introduce a modified susceptible-infected-susceptible (SIS) model to study geographical effects on the spread of diseases by assuming that the probability of a healthy individual infected by an infectious one is inversely proportional to the Euclidean distance between them. It is found that geography plays a more important role than hubs in disease spreading: the more geographically constrained the network is, the more highly the epidemic prevails.
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"title": "Geographical effects on epidemic spreading in scale-free networks",
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