An SIS network model incorporating the influence of media coverage on transmission rate is formulated and analyzed. We calculate the basic reproduction number R0 by utilizing the local stability of the disease-free equilibrium. Our results show that the disease-free equilibrium is globally...

The dynamics of interacting botnets and the effects of the strategies selected by interacting botnet owners on the spread of botnets remain unclear. As a result, in this paper, we present a botnet interaction model, obtained by coupling a fast evolutionary game dynamics to a slow population...

Considering homosexual contacts and heterosexual contacts in the course of sexual contacts, double degrees which describe the numbers of homosexual contacts and heterosexual contacts are introduced, correlation coefficients about degrees based on the joint probability distribution are given, and...

One of the central issues in epidemiology is the study of the distribution of disease. And time delay widely exists in the process of disease spread. Thus, in this paper, we presented an epidemic model with spatial diffusion and time delay. By mathematical analysis, we find two different types...

In this paper, we propose and study an SIS epidemic model with multiple transmission routes on heterogeneous networks. We focus on the dynamical evolution of the prevalence. Through mathematical analysis, we obtain the basic reproduction number R0 by investigating the local stability of the...

We introduce a new dynamic immunization method based on the static immunization algorithm and study the relationship between dynamic and static immunization. By nodes to be immunized according to static immunization strategies, we build a connection between dynamic and static immunization. Using...

This paper documents the short and long term balance sheet effect of cash flow shocks. We show that cash savings in the short run and debt reduction in both the short and the long run account for a substantial fraction of cash flow use. Although, in the long run, investment exhibits substantial...

This paper discusses the wealth distribution in a finite-sized closed economic system, where each agent may choose one amongst the four strategies: hawk, defect, cooperate and dove. When two agents encounter, exchange of the wealth is decided by the rules defined. The simulation results show...

We investigate the effects of delaying the time to recovery (delayed recovery) and of nonuniform transmission on the propagation of diseases on structured populations. Through a mean-field approximation and large-scale numerical simulations, we find that postponing the transition from the...

Based on the theory of cooperation and competition, this study examines the relationships between cooperative goals, advice network, and team performance, and their boundary conditions. Based on multi-source data from 189 teams in a military organization, results indicate that cooperative goals...