Due to the continuous emergence of various social and trade networks, network influence
analysis has aroused great interest of the researchers. Based on different influence …

Due to the explosive rise of online social networks, social network analysis (SNA) has
emerged as a significant academic field in recent years. Understanding and examining …

Cyber–physical systems (CPSs) are new types of intelligent systems that integrate
computing, control, and communication technologies, and bridge cyberspace and physical …

This paper presents a discrete event simulation model to support decision-making for the
short-term planning of hospital resource needs, especially Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds, to …

Network science is the field dedicated to the investigation and analysis of complex systems
via their representations as networks. We normally model such networks as graphs: sets of …

In this paper, by taking full consideration of demographics, transfer from infectious to
susceptible and contact heterogeneity of the individuals, we construct an improved …

In a world where pandemics are a matter of time and increasing urbanization of the world's
population, governments should be prepared with pandemic intervention policies (IPs) to …

Simplicial complexes successfully resolve the limitation of social networks to describe the
spread of infectious diseases in group interactions. However, the effects of quarantines in …

Pandemics are a source of extensive mortality, economic impairment, and dramatic social
fluctuation. Once a pandemic occurs, policymakers are faced with the highly challenging …

In this paper, we consider an SIRS epidemic model with vaccination on heterogeneous
networks. By constructing suitable Lyapunov functions, global stability of the disease-free …