On the basic reproduction number and the topological properties of the contact network: An epidemiological study in mainly locally connected cellular automata

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1034-1042

  Schimit, P H T ^a   Monteiro, L H A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b MACKENZIE PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Basic reproduction number; Epidemiology; Ordinary differential equations; Probabilistic cellular automata; Random networks; SIR model

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATA THEORY; CELLULAR AUTOMATA; CRACK PROPAGATION; DISEASE CONTROL; PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; ROBOTS; TRANSLATION (LANGUAGES);

BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CLUSTERING COEFFICIENTS; CONTACT NETWORKS; CONTROL STRATEGIES; DISEASE PROPAGATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; PCA MODELS; PROBABILISTIC CELLULAR AUTOMATA; RANDOM NETWORKS; SHORTEST PATHS; SIR MODEL; TOPOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; TRANSIENT BEHAVIORS;

ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

CELLULAR AUTOMATON; DISEASE SPREAD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MODELING; TOPOLOGY;

EID: 61749104520     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.01.014     Document Type: Article

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