Epidemic behavior and immunization in a social network model

Authors

Albert James M. Licup ⋅ IT The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy and Department of Physics, University of San Carlos, Philippines

Abstract

We report on the results of an investigation of epidemic behavior in a model of a network of social acquaintances. Primary aim of our study, which employs the susceptible-infective-removed (SIR) epidemic model, is to determine appropriate immunization strategies. It is found that there exists an epidemic threshold for this particular network and that a random immunization strategy is sufficient to effectively eliminate the epidemic.

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Issue

2003: Proceedings of the 21st Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress

Creating essential bridges uniting physics, society and industry
22-25 October 2003, University of San Carlos, Cebu City

Article ID

SPP-2003-1D-01

Section

Computational Physics

Published

2003-10-22

How to Cite

[1]

AJM Licup, Epidemic behavior and immunization in a social network model, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 21, SPP-2003-1D-01 (2003). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP-2003-1D-01.