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Epidemic spreading in communities with mobile agents

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  • Zhou, Jie
  • Liu, Zonghua

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We propose a model of mobile agents to study the epidemic spreading in communities with different densities of agents, which aims to simulate the realistic situation of multiple cities. The model addresses the epidemic process from a community with threshold λc1 less than the infection rate λ to a community with threshold λc2 larger than λ through both direct and indirect contacts. By both theoretic analysis and numerical simulations we show that it is possible to sustain the epidemic spreading in the community with λc2 through contact with another community, provided that the latter is connected with an infected community. This result suggests that for effectively controlling the epidemic spread, we should also pay attention to the risk caused by the infection through indirect contact.

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  • Zhou, Jie & Liu, Zonghua, 2009. "Epidemic spreading in communities with mobile agents," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 388(7), pages 1228-1236.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:388:y:2009:i:7:p:1228-1236
    DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2008.12.014
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    1. Ventura, Paulo Cesar & Aleta, Alberto & Rodrigues, Francisco A. & Moreno, Yamir, 2022. "Epidemic spreading in populations of mobile agents with adaptive behavioral response," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 156(C).
    2. Wang, Yan & Song, Qiao-Zhen, 2017. "Navigability of multiplex temporal network," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 465(C), pages 115-123.
    3. Liu, Yujing & Ding, Li & An, Xuming & Hu, Ping & Du, Fuying, 2020. "Epidemic spreading on midscopic multi-layer network with optimal control mechanism," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 537(C).
    4. Nian, Fuzhong & Yao, Shuanglong, 2018. "The epidemic spreading on the multi-relationships network," Applied Mathematics and Computation, Elsevier, vol. 339(C), pages 866-873.
    5. Yang, Jin-Xuan, 2020. "The spreading of infectious diseases with recurrent mobility of community population," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 541(C).
    6. Yao, Yiyang & Zhou, Yinzuo, 2017. "Epidemic spreading on dual-structure networks with mobile agents," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 467(C), pages 218-225.

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