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 |
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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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