Sharkey, K J, Kiss, I Z, Wilkinson, R R and Simon, P L (2015) Exact equations for SIR epidemics on tree graphs. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 77 (4). pp. 614-645. ISSN 0092-8240

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Abstract

We consider Markovian susceptible-infectious-removed (SIR) dynamics on time-invariant weighted contact networks where the infection and removal processes are Poisson and where network links may be directed or undirected. We prove that a particular pair-based moment closure representation generates the expected infectious time series for networks with no cycles in the underlying graph. Moreover, this “deterministic” representation of the expected behaviour of a complex heterogeneous and finite Markovian system is straightforward to evaluate numerically.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences > Mathematics
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics
Depositing User:	Richard Chambers
Date Deposited:	01 Sep 2016 09:17
Last Modified:	06 Mar 2017 09:31
URI:	http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/63085

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