The complexity of many biological, social and technological systems stems from the richness
of the interactions among their units. Over the past decades, a variety of complex systems …

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

There is a continuing debate on relative benefits of various mitigation and suppression
strategies aimed to control the spread of COVID-19. Here we report the results of agent …

Over the past decade, the use of networks has led to a new modelling paradigm combining
several branches of science, including physics, mathematics, biology and social sciences …

The basic reproductive number (R0) is a function of contact rates among individuals,
transmission probability, and duration of infectiousness. We sought to determine the …

There is a long tradition of using mathematical models to generate insights into the
transmission dynamics of infectious diseases and assess the potential impact of different …

The propagations of diseases, behaviors and information in real systems are rarely
independent of each other, but they are coevolving with strong interactions. To uncover the …

Abstract Using data from New York City from January 2020 to April 2020, we found an
estimated 28-day lag between the onset of reduced subway use and the end of the …

In the absence of drugs and vaccines, policymakers use non-pharmaceutical interventions
such as social distancing to decrease rates of disease-causing contact, with the aim of …

Historically, infectious diseases caused considerable damage to human societies, and they
continue to do so today. To help reduce their impact, mathematical models of disease …