Efficient control of epidemics spreading on networks: balance between treatment and recovery.

We analyse two models describing disease transmission and control on regular and small-world networks. We use simulations to find a control strategy that minimizes the total cost of an outbreak, thus balancing the costs of disease against that of the preventive treatment. The models are similar in t...

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Main Authors: Katarzyna Oleś, Ewa Gudowska-Nowak, Adam Kleczkowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3672130?pdf=render