Small world effect in an epidemiological model
Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
2009-10-31 v1 Other Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
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Abstract
A model for the spread of an infection is analyzed for different population structures. The interactions within the population are described by small world networks, ranging from ordered lattices to random graphs. For the more ordered systems, there is a fluctuating endemic state of low infection. At a finite value of the disorder of the network, we find a transition to self-sustained oscillations in the size of the infected subpopulation.
Cite
@article{arxiv.nlin/0010012,
title = {Small world effect in an epidemiological model},
author = {Marcelo Kuperman and Guillermo Abramson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nlin/0010012},
year = {2009}
}