Network Structure and the Spread of Disease

Article: http://healthcare-economist.com/2008/07/29/network-structure-and-the-spread-of-disease/

This article in Healthcare Economist talks about how contagious diseases are usually spread when one person comes in contact with another.

However, the article continues to discuss "One question which needs to be answered is whether a hub-and-spoke network or a more diffused network will spread diseases faster. On the one hand, if the hub gets infected, it is very likely that everyone else gets infected in the hub and spoke diagram. On the other hand, if the hub does not get infected, then a more diffused network likely will spread diseases more quickly."

The author then attempts to summarize a model described in a paper by Jackson & Roger where "the concept of stochastic dominance to demonstrate which types of networks spread diseases the quickest."

The article continues discussion about the Model and makes several Network Comparisons.

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