Title
Competing spreading processes and immunization in multiplex networks.
Abstract
Abstract Epidemic spreading on physical contact network will naturally introduce the human awareness information diffusion on virtual contact network, and the awareness diffusion will in turn depress the epidemic spreading, thus forming the competing spreading processes of epidemic and awareness in a multiplex networks. In this paper, we study the competing dynamics of epidemic and awareness, both of which follow the SIR process, in a two-layer networks based on microscopic Markov chain approach and numerical simulations. We find that strong capacities of awareness diffusion and self-protection of individuals could lead to a much higher epidemic threshold and a smaller outbreak size. However, the self-awareness of individuals has no obvious effect on the epidemic threshold and outbreak size. In addition, the immunization of the physical contact network under the interplay between of epidemic and awareness spreading is also investigated. The targeted immunization is found performs much better than random immunization, and the awareness diffusion could reduce the immunization threshold for both type of random and targeted immunization significantly.
Year
Venue
Field
2016
Chaos Solitons & Fractals
Econometrics,Control theory,Markov chain,Multiplex,Mathematics
DocType
Volume
Citations 
Journal
abs/1608.01038
4
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.40
18
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Bo Gao1123.33
Dawei Zhao219320.38