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In interconnected small-world networks, increasing rewiring probability lowers the epidemic threshold. Epidemic spread velocity varies with rewiring, impacting disease transmission dynamics.

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Area of Science:

  • Network science
  • Epidemiology
  • Complex systems

Background:

  • Individual interconnections in networks are crucial for disease spread.
  • The small-world effect significantly impacts epidemics in single networks.
  • The effect of small-world properties on epidemics in interconnected networks is understudied.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the susceptible-infected-susceptible (SIS) model of epidemic spreading.
  • To analyze epidemic dynamics in a system of two interconnected small-world networks.
  • To determine how rewiring probability influences epidemic thresholds and spread.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing the susceptible-infected-susceptible (SIS) model.
  • Simulating epidemic spreading across two interconnected small-world networks.
  • Varying rewiring probabilities to observe effects on epidemic dynamics.

Main Results:

  • The epidemic threshold decreases as the rewiring probability of component small-world networks increases.
  • Low infection rates show rewiring probability affecting global steady-state infection density.
  • High infection rates result in infection density being insensitive to rewiring probability.
  • Epidemic spread velocity in interconnected networks is dependent on rewiring probability.

Conclusions:

  • Rewiring probability is a key factor in modulating epidemic thresholds and spread in interconnected small-world networks.
  • Understanding these network dynamics is essential for predicting and controlling disease transmission.
  • The study highlights the complex interplay between network structure and epidemic behavior.