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  • 1Departamento de Física e Matemática, Universidade de São Paulo, FFCLRP - 14040-900 Ribeirão Preto, SP - Brasil.

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Area of Science:

  • Epidemiology
  • Statistical Physics
  • Computational Biology

Background:

  • Epidemic events are complex nonequilibrium dynamic processes.
  • Classical models like SIR provide a foundation for studying disease spread.
  • Stochastic systems offer a framework for analyzing unpredictable epidemic dynamics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate epidemic events as a nonequilibrium dynamic process.
  • To analyze event duration and size distributions near the epidemic threshold.
  • To understand the predictability challenges of epidemic thresholds using standard data.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a simple stochastic system, analogous to the SIR model.
  • Employed Monte Carlo simulations on N×N square lattices (N=23 to 211).
  • Analyzed event duration and size distributions, and relative fluctuations.

Main Results:

  • Epidemic phases exhibit smaller relative fluctuations compared to non-epidemic phases.
  • Uncertainty in predictions peaks near the epidemic threshold.
  • Event duration and size distributions show exponential behavior at the threshold (φ(t) ∼ exp(-ωt)).

Conclusions:

  • The study elucidates the distinct characteristics of epidemic and non-epidemic phases.
  • The observed behaviors near the threshold explain the difficulty in anticipating epidemic onset with conventional census data.
  • Findings highlight the importance of stochastic modeling in understanding epidemic dynamics.