Asymmetrically interacting spreading dynamics on complex layered networks

Wei Wang (Corresponding Author), Ming Tang, Hui Yang, Younghae Do, Ying-Cheng Lai, GyuWon Lee

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Abstract

The spread of disease through a physical-contact network and the spread of information about the disease on a communication network are two intimately related dynamical processes. We investigate the asymmetrical interplay between the two types of spreading dynamics, each occurring on its own layer, by focusing on the two fundamental quantities underlying any spreading process: epidemic threshold and the final infection ratio. We find that an epidemic outbreak on the contact layer can induce an outbreak on the communication layer, and information spreading can effectively raise the epidemic threshold. When structural correlation exists between the two layers, the information threshold remains unchanged but the epidemic threshold can be enhanced, making the contact layer more resilient to epidemic outbreak. We develop a physical theory to understand the intricate interplay between the two types of spreading dynamics.
Original languageEnglish
Article number5097
Number of pages8
JournalScientific Reports
Volume4
Early online date29 May 2014
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 29 May 2014

Bibliographical note

M.T. would like to thank Prof. Pakming Hui for stimulating discussions. This work was partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11105025) and China Postdoctoral Science Special Foundation (Grant No. 2012T50711). Y. Do was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (NRF-2013R1A1A2010067). Y.C.L. was supported by AFOSR under Grant No. FA9550-10-1-0083. G.W. Lee was supported by the Korea Meteorological Administration Research and Development Program under Grant CATER 2012-2072.

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