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An infection process near criticality: Influence of the initial condition

Populations and Evolution 2021-06-09 v2 Statistical Mechanics Probability Physics and Society

Abstract

We investigate how the initial number of infected individuals affects the behavior of the critical susceptible-infected-recovered process. We analyze the outbreak size distribution, duration of the outbreaks, and the role of fluctuations.

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@article{arxiv.2009.08940,
  title  = {An infection process near criticality: Influence of the initial condition},
  author = {P. L. Krapivsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.08940},
  year   = {2021}
}

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13 pages, 3 figures