Many countries have introduced Lockdowns to contain the COVID19 epidemic. Lockdowns,
though an effective policy for containment, imposes a heavy cost on the economy as it …

In this study, the spread of virus infection was simulated using artificial human networks.
Here, real-space urban life was modeled as a modified scale-free network with constraints …

Background Daily new COVID-19 cases from January to April 2020 demonstrate varying
patterns of SARS-CoV-2 transmission across different geographical regions. Constant …

Background Dairy cattle movement could be a major risk factor for the spread of bovine
tuberculosis (BTB) in emerging dairy belts of Ethiopia. Dairy cattle may be moved between …

Prior social contagion models consider the spread of either one contagion on
interdependent networks or multiple contagions on single layer networks, usually under …

The accuracy of spare parts allocation is essential for an isolated system performing its
intended function and reducing the waste of resources. The backorders of different types of …

Time-delays are pervasive in such real-world complex networks as social contagions and
biological systems, and they radically alter the evolution of the dynamic processes in …

The participation of individuals in multi-layer networks allows for feedback between network
layers, opening new possibilities to mitigate epidemic spreading. For instance, the spread of …

Cascading failures on interdependent networks have attracted much attention in recent
years. In this paper, we study a cascading failure model on interdependent networks with …

When an industrial wireless sensor network (WSN) is seriously disturbed and intentionally
attacked, sometimes it fails easily, even leading to the paralysis of the entire industrial …