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  • Network Science
  • Public Health Technology

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  • Current COVID-19 exposure notification apps utilize binary contact tracing (BCT), which issues uniform quarantine orders based on a fixed risk threshold.
  • BCT's limitations include delayed alerts and broad isolation, potentially missing early transmission while causing unnecessary disruption.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce Network-based Proactive Contact Tracing (NPCT), a novel, privacy-preserving, and decentralized intervention scheme.
  • To evaluate NPCT's effectiveness in mitigating epidemics compared to traditional BCT.

Main Methods:

  • NPCT utilizes users' Bluetooth contact history to generate individual risk scores.
  • A dynamic, epidemic-aware threshold adjusts intervention levels, triggering graded "reduce contacts by X%" prompts instead of all-or-nothing quarantines.
  • Simulations were conducted on four synthetic and empirical temporal networks.

Main Results:

  • NPCT demonstrated the ability to reduce epidemic peaks by approximately 40%.
  • The intervention suppressed only 20% of contacts, indicating a more targeted approach.
  • Intervention burden was concentrated on high-risk individuals, with stable performance across different network types and compliance levels.

Conclusions:

  • NPCT presents a practical and effective upgrade for existing BCT applications.
  • The scheme balances epidemic control with enhanced privacy protection and reduced social costs.
  • NPCT offers a more nuanced and efficient approach to managing infectious disease outbreaks through digital contact tracing.