This article reviews and presents various solved and open problems in the development,
analysis, and control of epidemic models. The proper modeling and analysis of spreading …

Topics These lecture notes are intended primarily for graduate students interested in
network systems, distributed algorithms, and cooperative control. The objective is to answer …

Rumors can propagate at great speed through social networks and produce significant
damages. In order to control rumor propagation, spreading correct information to …

Due to widespread applications, the multi-virus competing spreading dynamics has recently
aroused considerable interests. To our knowledge, all previous competing spreading …

We propose a mathematical framework, based on conic geometric programming, to control a
susceptible-infected-susceptible viral spreading process taking place in a directed contact …

We consider a linear threshold model of cascades in networks. An agent switches (eg
adopts an innovation) if the proportion of his neighbors who have already switched exceeds …

Rumors can propagate at great speed through social networks and produce significant
damages. In order to control rumor propagation, spreading correct information to …

Online Social Networks (OSNs) are widely utilized in viral marketing campaigns exploiting
the word-of-mouth effect. Various propagation models have been proposed to describe the …

In this paper we propose a class of propagation models for multiple competing products over
a social network. We consider two propagation mechanisms: social conversion and self …

We consider a setting in which two firms compete to spread rumors in a social network.
Firms seed their rumors simultaneously and rumors propagate according to the linear …