Volume no :5, Issue no: 2, May (2011)

Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics: Advances and Applications

A MODEL BASED ON CELLULAR AUTOMATA TO SIMULATE A SIS EPIDEMIC DISEASE

Author's: M. J. Fresnadillo Martínez, E. García Sánchez, J. E. García Sánchez, A. Martín del Rey and G. Rodríguez Sánchez
Pages: [125] - [139]
Received Date: May 9, 2011
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Abstract

In this work, a novel model to simulate epidemic spreading is introduced. It is based on the use of two-dimensional cellular automata, where each cell stand for a square portion of the environment. It is suppose that the distribution of the population is homogeneous, that is, all cells have the same population. The laboratory simulations obtained seem to be in agreement with the real behaviour of epidemic spreading.

Keywords

cellular automata, epidemic spreading, SIS model.