The SIRS Model of Epidemic Spreading in Virtual Society

• Authors: A. Grabowski , R. Kosiński
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The phenomenon of epidemic spreading in a real social network is described and investigated numerically. On the basis of data concerning amount of time devoted daily to social interactions, the influence of human activity on spreading process is investigated in the frame of SIRS model. It was found that the activity of an individual is positively correlated with its connectivity and the relation has power law form. The influence of control measures on the spreading process is investigated as a function of initial conditions. The cost-effectiveness of mass immunizations campaigns and target vaccinations is compared. It was found that the form of activity distribution has significant influence on the spreading phenomena in the network.

Keywords

EN

89.75.-k; 89.65.-s; 87.10.-e

Discipline

• 89.65.-s: Social and economic systems
• 89.75.-k: Complex systems(for complex chemical systems, see 82.40.Qt; for biological complexity, see 87.18.-h)
• 87.10.-e: General theory and mathematical aspects

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 114
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 589-596

Dates

published

2008-09

received

2007-11-22

Contributors

author

A. Grabowski

• Central Institute for Labor Protection - National Research Institute, Czerniakowska 16, 00-701 Warsaw, Poland

author

R. Kosiński

• Central Institute for Labor Protection - National Research Institute, Czerniakowska 16, 00-701 Warsaw, Poland
• Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warsaw, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.114.589