Indirect interactions influence contact network structure and diffusion dynamics.

ABSTRACT: Interaction patterns at the individual level influence the behaviour of diffusion over contact networks. Most of the current diffusion models only consider direct interactions, capable of transferring infectious items among individuals, to build transmission networks of diffusion. However, delayed indirect interactions, where a susceptible individual interacts with infectious items after the infected individual has left the interaction space, can also cause transmission events. We define a diffusion model called the same place different time transmission (SPDT)-based diffusion that considers transmission links for these indirect interactions. Our SPDT model changes the network dynamics where the connectivity among individuals varies with the decay rates of link infectivity. We investigate

SUBMITTER: Shahzamal M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6731728 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature