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1Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland.
Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine
|May 3, 2026
Summary
Adaptive behaviors significantly impact epidemic spread, especially with freeriders. Voluntary vaccination is less effective when individuals avoid compliance, particularly with low perceived infection risk.
Area of Science:
- Epidemiology
- Evolutionary Game Theory
- Computational Modeling
Background:
- Individual behavior significantly influences epidemic dynamics in populations.
- Spatial structure and adaptive strategies interact to shape disease transmission patterns.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the impact of adaptive individual behavior on epidemic dynamics in spatially structured populations.
- To examine the interplay between payoff-driven strategy evolution and spatial SEIRS (Susceptible-Exposed-Infectious-Recovered-Susceptible) dynamics.
Main Methods:
- A simulation framework integrating a spatial SEIRS model with evolutionary game dynamics (Hawk-Dove formulation).
- Strategies, including vaccination and freeriding, evolve via payoff-driven adaptation and local interactions.
- Disease transmission modeled using spatially localized SEIRS dynamics on a 2D lattice.
Main Results:
- Freeriders dramatically increased mortality and epidemic duration, especially under high infection penalties.
- Low perceived infection severity significantly reduced vaccination uptake, leading to high mortality even without freeriders.
- A critical freerider cluster size (15.6-31.3%) and a vaccination cost threshold (Cvac≈0.2-0.5) were identified, beyond which epidemic duration is maximized.
Conclusions:
- Individual decision-making and epidemic spread are intricately linked through feedback mechanisms.
- Voluntary vaccination strategies are limited by the presence of non-compliant individuals (freeriders) and low perceived risks.
- Understanding these behavioral-epidemiological feedbacks is crucial for effective public health interventions.
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