Contact-Based Model for Epidemic Spreading on Temporal Networks

Contact-Based Model for Epidemic Spreading on Temporal Networks

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We present a contact-based model to study the spreading of epidemics by means of extending the dynamic message-passing approach to temporal networks.The shift in perspective from node- to edge-centric quantities enables accurate modeling of Markovian susceptible-infected-recovered outbreaks on time-varying trees, i.e., temporal networks with a Pain Management loop-free underlying topology.

On arbitrary graphs, the proposed contact-based model incorporates potential structural and temporal heterogeneities of the contact network and improves analytic estimations with Acid Reflux respect to the individual-based (node-centric) approach at a low computational and conceptual cost.Within this new framework, we derive an analytical expression for the epidemic threshold on temporal networks and demonstrate the feasibility of this method on empirical data.