Epidemic models study the spread of undesired agents through populations, be it infectious diseases through a country, misinformation in social media or pests infesting a region. In …
The net-zero transition poses unprecedented societal challenges that cannot be tackled with technology and markets alone. It requires complementary behavioral and social change on …
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the behavioral response to reported case numbers changed drastically over time. While a few dozen cases were enough to trigger government …
A Glaubitz, F Fu - arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.07829, 2024 - arxiv.org
In fighting infectious diseases posing a global health threat, ranging from influenza to Zika, non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI), such as social distancing and face covering, remain …
T Cheng, X Zou - Journal of Mathematical Biology, 2024 - Springer
In this paper, we introduce the notion of practically susceptible population, which is a fraction of the biologically susceptible population. Assuming that the fraction depends on the severity …
L LeJeune, N Ghaffarzadegan, LM Childs… - Mathematical …, 2024 - Elsevier
COVID-19 highlighted the importance of considering human behavior change when modeling disease dynamics. This led to developing various models that incorporate human …
Non-pharmaceutical personal protective (NPP) measures such as face masks use, and hand and respiratory hygiene can be effective measures for mitigating the spread of …
L LeJeune, N Ghaffarzadegan, L Childs… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
The recent pandemic emphasized the need to consider the role of human behavior in shaping epidemic dynamics. In particular, it is necessary to extend beyond the classical …
R Su, B Morsky - Mathematical Social Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
Social norms, the informal rules of society, and relational utility, eg utility generated by guilt, are mechanisms by which cooperation and coordination can be facilitated. Here we add …