Phase transitions in contagion processes mediated by recurrent mobility patterns

Nature Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 581-586

  Balcan, Duygu ^a,b   Vespignani, Alessandro ^a,b,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ISI FOUNDATION   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

DETERMINISTIC MODELS; DIFFUSIVE DYNAMICS; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGINS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MOBILITY PARAMETERS; SPECIFIC LOCATION; STOCHASTIC FEATURES; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 79960004379     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1944     Document Type: Article

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