Competing activation mechanisms in epidemics on networks (Articolo in rivista)

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  • Competing activation mechanisms in epidemics on networks (Articolo in rivista) (literal)
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  • 2012-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)
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  • 10.1038/srep00371 (literal)
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  • Claudio Castellano (1,2); Romualdo Pastor-Satorras (3) (2012)
    Competing activation mechanisms in epidemics on networks
    in Scientific reports (Nature Publishing Group)
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  • Claudio Castellano (1,2); Romualdo Pastor-Satorras (3) (literal)
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  • (1) Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi (ISC-CNR), Via dei Taurini 19, I-00185 Roma, Italy (2) Dipartimento di Fisica, \"Sapienza\" Università di Roma, P.le A. Moro 2, I-00185 Roma, Italy (3) Departament de Física i Enginyeria Nuclear, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Campus Nord B4, 08034 Barcelona, Spain (literal)
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  • Competing activation mechanisms in epidemics on networks (literal)
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  • In contrast to previous common wisdom that epidemic activity in heterogeneous networks is dominated by the hubs with the largest number of connections, recent research has pointed out the role that the innermost, dense core of the network plays in sustaining epidemic processes. Here we show that the mechanism responsible of spreading depends on the nature of the process. Epidemics with a transient state are boosted by the innermost core. Contrarily, epidemics allowing a steady state present a dual scenario, where either the hub independently sustains activity and propagates it to the rest of the system, or, alternatively, the innermost network core collectively turns into the active state, maintaining it globally. In uncorrelated networks the former mechanism dominates if the degree distribution decays with an exponent larger than 5/2, and the latter otherwise. Topological correlations, rife in real networks, may perturb this picture, mixing the role of both mechanisms. (literal)
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