Finding the probability of infection in an SIR network is NP-Hard

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 240, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 77-84

  Shapiro, Michael ^a   Delgado Eckert, Edgar ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Contact network; Epidemics; Network reliability; NP hard; SIR networks

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS; CONTACT NETWORKS; EPIDEMICS; INITIAL STATE; NETWORK RELIABILITY; NP-HARD; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY;

PROBABILITY;

ALGORITHM; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFECTIVITY; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER NETWORK; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; INFECTION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 84867886087     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: 18793134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2012.07.002     Document Type: Review

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