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Finite symmetries in agent-based epidemic models

Populations and Evolution 2016-09-28 v2

Abstract

We present an algorithm which explores permutation symmetries to describe the time evolution of agent-based epidemic models. The main idea to improve computation times relies on restricting the stochastic process to one sector of the vector space, labeled by a single permutation eigenvalue. In this scheme, the transition matrix reduces to block diagonal form, enhancing computational performance.

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@article{arxiv.1609.06980,
  title  = {Finite symmetries in agent-based epidemic models},
  author = {Gilberto M. Nakamura and Ana Carolina P. Monteiro and George C. Cardoso and Alexandre S. Martinez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1609.06980},
  year   = {2016}
}

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25 pages, 9 figures

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