Targeted Recovery as an Effective Strategy against Epidemic Spreading

Abstract We propose a targeted intervention protocol where recovery is restricted to individuals that have the least number of infected neighbours. Our recovery strategy is highly efficient on any kind of network, since epidemic outbreaks are minimal when compared to the baseline scenario of spontan...

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Main Authors: L. Böttcher, J. S. Andrade, H. J. Herrmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-14763-5