Thresholds for epidemic spreading in networks
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.218701
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Abstract
We study the threshold of epidemic models in quenched networks with degree distribution given by a power-law. For the susceptible-infected-susceptible model the activity threshold c vanishes in the large size limit on any network whose maximum degree kmax diverges with the system size, at odds with heterogeneous mean-field (HMF) theory. The vanishing of the threshold has nothing to do with the scale-free nature of the network but stems instead from the largest hub in the system being active for any spreading rate >1= We study the threshold of epidemic models in quenched networks with degree distribution given by a
power-law. For the susceptible-infected-susceptible model the activity threshold ۸c vanishes in the large size limit on any network whose maximum degree kmax diverges with the system size, at odds with heterogeneous
mean-field (HMF) theory. The vanishing of the threshold has nothing to do with the scale-free nature of the
network but stems instead from the largest hub in the system being active for any spreading rate۸>1/√kmax and playing the role of a self-sustained source that spreads the infection to the rest of the system. The susceptible-infected-removed model displays instead agreement with HMF theory and a finite threshold for scale-rich networks.We conjecture that on quenched scale-rich networks the threshold of generic epidemic models is vanishing or finite depending on the presence or absence of a steady state.
CitacióCastellano, C.; Pastor, R. Thresholds for epidemic spreading in networks. "Physical review letters", 2010, vol. 105, núm. 21, p. 1-4.
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