EMERGENCE OF POWER-LAW IN SPATIAL EPIDEMICS USING CELLULAR AUTOMATION

We analyze a spatial susceptible-infected epidemic model using cellular automata and investigate the relations between the power-law distribution of patch sizes and the regime of invasion. The obtained results show that, when the invasion is in the form of coexistence of stable target and spiral wave, power-law will emerge, which may provide a new insight into the control of disease.

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