Anomalous role of information diffusion in epidemic spreading
Xiaochen Wang, Xuzhen Zhu, Xiaofeng Tao, Jinghua Xiao, Wei Wang, Ying‐Cheng Lai
Abstract
The authors model the coevolution dynamics of information diffusion, resource allocation and epidemic spreading, and show that the information diffusion may worsen the epidemic spreading subject to allocations of limited resources.
Topics & Concepts
DiffusionCoevolutionResource allocationEpidemic modelEpidemic controlComputer scienceEconomic geographyCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)GeographyEvolutionary biologyBiologyDemographyMedicineSociologyPhysicsInfectious disease (medical specialty)PopulationComputer networkPathologyDiseaseThermodynamicsCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesComplex Network Analysis TechniquesMathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models