Six Susceptible-Infected-Susceptible Models on Scale-free Networks

Abstract

Spreading phenomena are ubiquitous in nature and society. For example, disease, rumor, and information spread over underlying social and information networks. It is well known that there is no threshold for epidemic models on scale-free networks; this suggests that disease can spread on such networks, regardless of how low the contact rate may be. In this paper, I consider six models with different contact and propagation mechanisms. Each model is analyzed by degree-based mean-field theory. I show that the presence or absence of an outbreak threshold depends on the contact and propagation mechanism.

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• Epidemic processes in complex networks
• Critical phenomena in complex networks

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