In recent years the research community has accumulated overwhelming evidence for the
emergence of complex and heterogeneous connectivity patterns in a wide range of …

The basic reproductive ratio, R 0, is defined as the expected number of secondary infections
arising from a single individual during his or her entire infectious period, in a population of …

For epidemiologists, evolutionary biologists, and health-care professionals, real-time and
predictive modeling of infectious disease is of growing importance. This book provides a …

A network is a collection of nodes and edges, where an edge connects two nodes. Many
social, natural and engineered systems can be represented as networks. Examples include …

Population-level analyses often use average quantities to describe heterogeneous systems,
particularly when variation does not arise from identifiable groups,. A prominent example …

Background Mathematical models have become invaluable management tools for
epidemiologists, both shedding light on the mechanisms underlying observed dynamics as …

This book discusses the study and analysis of the physical aspects of social systems and
models, inspired by the analogy with familiar models of physical systems and possible …

In most models of the spread of disease over contact networks it is assumed that the
probabilities per unit time of disease transmission and recovery from disease are constant …

There exists an interplay between vaccine coverage, disease prevalence and the
vaccinating behaviour of individuals. Moreover, because of herd immunity, there is also a …

As an emergent infectious disease outbreak unfolds, public health response is reliant on
information on key epidemiological quantities, such as transmission potential and serial …