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A novel small-world model: Using social mirror identities for epidemic simulations
(2005-10-01)
Huang, CY
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Sun, CT
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Hsieh, JL
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Chen, YMA
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Lin, HL
The authors propose a small-world network model that combines cellular automata with the social mirror identities of daily-contact networks for purposes of performing epidemiological simulations. The social mirror identity concept was established to integrate human long-distance movement and daily visits to fixed locations. After showing that the model is capable of displaying such small-world effects as low degree of separation and relatively high degree of clustering on a societal level, the authors offer proof of its ability to display R-o properties-considered central to all epidemiological studies. To test their model, they simulated the 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak.