A simple analytical approach to describe disease spread on a network
Statistical Mechanics
2010-05-24 v1 Physics and Society
Abstract
We investigate the time evolution of disease spread on a network by using the concept of generations. We derive a set of equations, which can be used to determine the average epidemic size. We find a very good agreement between the analytical and simulation results. The details of approximations and the possibility of generalization or improvement are discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1005.4047,
title = {A simple analytical approach to describe disease spread on a network},
author = {B. Davoudi and F. Brauer and B. Pourbohloul},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1005.4047},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
14 pages, 5 figures