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Epidemic spreading in correlated complex networks.

Marián Boguñá1, Romualdo Pastor-Satorras

  • 1Departament de Física Fonamental, Universitat de Barcelona, Avenida Diagonal 647, Spain.

Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
|November 22, 2002
PubMed
Summary

We explored epidemic spreading on complex networks with correlated node connections. The epidemic threshold is inversely proportional to the largest eigenvalue of the connectivity matrix, supported by simulations.

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Area of Science:

  • Epidemiology
  • Network Science
  • Mathematical Modeling

Background:

  • Epidemic spreading models often simplify network structures.
  • Understanding the impact of correlations in complex networks is crucial for accurate modeling.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate epidemic dynamics on complex networks with explicit connectivity correlations.
  • To determine the relationship between network correlations and epidemic thresholds.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a dynamical model for epidemic spreading.
  • Analyzed Markovian complex networks with pairwise node connectivity correlations.
  • Utilized numerical simulations on a correlated growing network model.

Main Results:

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  • Identified an epidemic threshold inversely proportional to the largest eigenvalue of the connectivity matrix.
  • The eigenvalue quantifies the average number of links from nodes of connectivity k to nodes of connectivity k(prime).

Conclusions:

  • Explicit correlations in node connectivities significantly influence epidemic spreading dynamics.
  • The derived relationship provides a theoretical basis for predicting epidemic thresholds in correlated networks.