Published January 1, 2021 | Version v1
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Infection process near criticality: influence of the initial condition

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215 (United States)

Description

We investigate how the initial number of infected individuals affects the behavior of the critical susceptible-infected-recovered process. We analyze the outbreak size distribution, duration of the outbreaks, and the role of fluctuations. (paper)

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-5468/abd4cd

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/1742-5468/abd4cd;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Statistical Mechanics
Journal Volume
2021
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[27 p.]
ISSN
1742-5468

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
53083175
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
CRITICALITY; DISTRIBUTION; FLUCTUATIONS
Descriptors DEC
VARIATIONS