The influence of awareness on the spreading of infectious diseases

Yu-Hao Liang

Department of Applied Mathematics

National University of Kaohsiung

yhliang@nuk.edu.tw

    In this talk, I will discuss the influence of awareness on the epidemic spreading. We will propose a multiplex network where the spreading of the disease and information occurs, respectively, in two different layers of networks, namely the physical network and the virtual network. In addition, these two diffusive processes are assumed to interact and affect each other. Such concept would create a multiplex SIS-UAU epidemic model. Some recent results on these two models are to be introduced. This is a joint work with Jonq Juang.