Epidemic spreading in a scale-free network of regular lattices

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 377, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 689-697

  Silva, S L ^a   Ferreira, J A ^a   Martins, M L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Complex networks; Dengue and yellow fever; Epidemic spreading

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUNCTION EVALUATION; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS;

COMPLEX NETWORKS; EPIDEMIC SPREADING; GAUSSIAN FUNCTIONS; SQUARE LATTICES;

EPIDEMIOLOGY;

EID: 33846695658     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2006.11.027     Document Type: Article

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