Non-Markovian epidemic spreading on temporal networks

Lilei Han, Zhaohua Lin, Qingqing Yin, Ming Tang*, Shuguang Guan*, Marián Boguñá*

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Abstract

Many empirical studies have revealed that the occurrences of contacts associated with human activities are non-Markovian temporal processes with a heavy tailed inter-event time distribution. Besides, there has been increasing empirical evidence that the infection and recovery rates are time-dependent. However, we lack a comprehensive framework to analyze and understand non-Markovian contact and spreading processes on temporal networks. In this paper, we propose a general formalism to study non-Markovian dynamics on non-Markovian temporal networks. We find that, under certain conditions, non-Markovian dynamics on temporal networks are equivalent to Markovian dynamics on static networks. Interestingly, this result is independent of the underlying network topology.

Original languageEnglish
Article number113664
Number of pages8
JournalChaos, Solitons and Fractals
Volume173
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2023

User-Defined Keywords

  • Equivalence
  • Non-Markovian spreading dynamics
  • Temporal networks

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