An epidemiological approach to model the viral propagation of memes

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 5442-5447

  Wang, Lin ^a   Wood, Brendan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemic model; Infection; Meme; Stability

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIC MODELS; INFECTION; INTERNET SEARCHES; MEME; VIRAL PROPAGATION;

SEARCH ENGINES;

EID: 79957750287     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2011.04.035     Document Type: Article

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