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  • Epidemiology
  • Computational mathematics

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  • Logarithmic metrics approximate disease arrival times on complex networks.
  • Existing methods often rely on the most probable path, which may be insufficient.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce and validate a more general network-based measure for predicting disease arrival times.
  • To compare the performance of this new metric against existing shortest-path approaches.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized daily air-traffic transportation data for numerical experiments.
  • Employed random walks theory, considering multiple walks instead of only the most probable path.
  • Connected epidemic spreading observables with the cumulant-generating function of Markov chain hitting times.

Main Results:

  • The proposed metric, accounting for multiple walks, shows a higher correlation with simulated infection arrival times.
  • Demonstrated a superior performance compared to the previously used shortest-path approach.
  • Established a link between fundamental epidemic spreading observables and Markov chain hitting time properties.

Conclusions:

  • The developed method provides a general and computationally efficient approach for predicting disease arrival times.
  • This approach, based on algebraic methods, enhances the accuracy of epidemic spread modeling on complex networks.
  • Offers a robust framework for analyzing disease transmission dynamics in transportation systems.