We establish upper and lower bounds for the influence of a set of nodes in certain types of
contagion models. We derive two sets of bounds, the first designed for linear threshold …

This study presents a technical characterization of classical epidemic models of
compartments by decomposing the state into an infectious sub-state (or infective …

The propagation of a characteristic through a network is the subject of study of many
scientific fields. Epidemics, viral marketing or information propagation through a social …