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Optimizing hybrid spreading in metapopulations.

Changwang Zhang¹, Shi Zhou², Joel C Miller³

¹1] Department of Computer Science, University College London, UK [2] Security Science Doctoral Research Training Centre, University College London, UK [3] School of Computer Science, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China.

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Hybrid epidemics, combining local and global spreading, can cause massive outbreaks. Understanding the balance between these mechanisms is key to maximizing beneficial epidemics and predicting damaging ones.

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Area of Science:

Complex systems
Network science
Epidemiology

Background:

Epidemic spreading is common in nature and society, seen in diseases, information, and computer viruses.
Spreading occurs via local (direct targets) or global (all nodes) mechanisms.
Real-world epidemics often involve a mix of both local and global spreading.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a theoretical framework for analyzing hybrid epidemics.
To determine the optimal balance between local and global spreading for maximum outbreak size.
To identify conditions leading to critically hybrid epidemics.

Main Methods:

Theoretical framework development for hybrid epidemic modeling.
Analysis of the interplay between local and global spreading dynamics.
Examination of outbreak size as a function of spreading mechanism balance.

Main Results:

Demonstrated the existence of critically hybrid epidemics.
Showed that a combination of spreading mechanisms can yield larger outbreaks than either alone.
Identified optimal balances for maximizing epidemic spread.

Conclusions:

Hybrid epidemic models offer new insights into complex spreading phenomena.
Strategies can be developed to enhance beneficial epidemics.
The framework aids in estimating the potential impact of damaging hybrid epidemics.