Staged progression model for epidemic spread on homogeneous and heterogeneous networks

Journal of Systems Science and Complexity

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 619-630

  Zhang, Haifeng ^a   Small, Michael ^b   Fu, Xinchu ^c  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Complex network; epidemic; heterogenous; homogeneous; the staged progression model

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS;

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIC SPREAD; EPIDEMIC THRESHOLD; HETEROGENOUS; HOMOGENEOUS; NONLINEAR FUNCTIONS; STAGED PROGRESSIONS;

EPIDEMIOLOGY;

EID: 80051692713     PISSN: 10096124     EISSN: 15597067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11424-011-8252-8     Document Type: Article

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