Abstract
The SARS outbreak in Hong Kong during 2003 exhibited several “super-spreader events” (SSEs) which cannot be modeled well with standard homogeneous SIR or SEIR type models. We propose an alternative model structure using either small-world or scale-free structure of inter-node connections and disease transmission only along the network links. Such structure naturally models the SSEs and provides simulations quantitatively similar to the true dynamics.
Original language | English |
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Pages | 581-584 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Publication status | Published - 2004 |
Event | International Symposium on Nonlinear Theory and Its Applications [NOLTA] - Duration: 1 Jan 2004 → … |
Conference
Conference | International Symposium on Nonlinear Theory and Its Applications [NOLTA] |
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Period | 1/01/04 → … |