Probing Complexity with Epidemics: A New Reactive Immunization Strategy

E. Alfinito, M. Beccaria, A. Fachechi, G. Macorini

2017

Abstract

Epidemic evolution on complex networks strongly depends on their topology and the infection dynamical properties, as highly connected nodes and individuals exposed to the contagion have competing roles in the disease spreading. In this spirit, we propose a new immunization strategy exploiting the knowledge of network geometry and dynamical information about the spreading infection. The flexibility and effectiveness of the proposed scheme are successfully tested with numerical simulations on a wide set of complex networks.

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Alfinito E., Beccaria M., Fachechi A. and Macorini G. (2017). Probing Complexity with Epidemics: A New Reactive Immunization Strategy . In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Complexity, Future Information Systems and Risk - Volume 1: COMPLEXIS, ISBN 978-989-758-244-8, pages 116-123. DOI: 10.5220/0006361301160123


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@conference{complexis17,
author={E. Alfinito and M. Beccaria and A. Fachechi and G. Macorini},
title={Probing Complexity with Epidemics: A New Reactive Immunization Strategy},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Complexity, Future Information Systems and Risk - Volume 1: COMPLEXIS,},
year={2017},
pages={116-123},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006361301160123},
isbn={978-989-758-244-8},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Complexity, Future Information Systems and Risk - Volume 1: COMPLEXIS,
TI - Probing Complexity with Epidemics: A New Reactive Immunization Strategy
SN - 978-989-758-244-8
AU - Alfinito E.
AU - Beccaria M.
AU - Fachechi A.
AU - Macorini G.
PY - 2017
SP - 116
EP - 123
DO - 10.5220/0006361301160123