Active querying approach to epidemic source detection on contact networks

Abstract The problem of identifying the source of an epidemic (also called patient zero) given a network of contacts and a set of infected individuals has attracted interest from a broad range of research communities. The successful and timely identification of the source can prevent a lot of harm a...

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Main Authors: Martin Sterchi, Lorenz Hilfiker, Rolf Grütter, Abraham Bernstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-38282-8