Kinetic and macroscopic epidemic models in presence of multiple heterogeneous populations
Physics and Society
2021-11-11 v1 Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
Populations and Evolution
Quantitative Methods
Abstract
We study the impact of contact heterogeneity on epidemic dynamics. A system characterized by multiple susceptible populations is considered. The description of the spread of an infectious disease is obtained through the study of a system of Boltzmann-type equations for the number densities of social contacts of the introduced compartments. A macroscopic system of equations characterizing observable effects of the epidemic is then derived to assess the impact of contact heterogeneity.
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@article{arxiv.2111.05563,
title = {Kinetic and macroscopic epidemic models in presence of multiple heterogeneous populations},
author = {Andrea Medaglia and Mattia Zanella},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.05563},
year = {2021}
}
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10 pages, 3 figures