Mathematics of Epidemics on Networks

Dr. I.Z. Kiss: Dr. Kiss is a Reader in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Sussex with his research at the interface of network science, stochastic processes and dynamical systems. His work focuses on the modeling and analysis of stochastic epidemic processes on static and dynamic networks. His current interests include the identification of rigorous links between approximate models and their rigorous mathematical counterparts and formulating new models for more complex spreading processes or structured networks. Dr. J.C. Miller: Dr. Miller is a Senior Research Scientist at the Institute for Disease Modeling in Seattle. He is also a Senior Lecturer at Monash University in Melbourne with a joint appointment in Mathematics and Biology. His research interests include dynamics of infectious diseases, stochastic processes on networks, and fluid flow in porous media. The majority of his work is at the intersection of infectious disease dynamics and stochastic processes on networks. Prof. P.L. Simon: Prof. Simon is a Professor at the Institute of Mathematics, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. He is a member of the Numerical Analysis and Large Networks research group and the Head of Department of Applied Analysis and Computational Mathematics. His research interests include dynamical systems, partial differential equations and their applications in chemistry and biology. In particular, his work focuses on the modeling and analysis of network processes using differential equations.

Preface.- Introduction to Networks and Diseases.- Exact Propagation Models: Top Down.- Exact Propagation Models: Bottom-Up.- Mean-Field Approximations for Heterogeneous Networks.- Percolation-Based Approaches for Disease Modelling.- Hierarchies of SIR Models.- Dynamic and Adaptive Networks.- Non-Markovian Epidemics.- PDE Limits for Large Networks.- Disease Spread in Networks with Large-scale structure.- Appendix: Stochastic Simulation.- Index.

"The book adds to the knowledge of epidemic modeling on networks by providing a number of rigorous mathematical arguments and confirming the validity and optimal range of applicability of the epidemic models. It serves as a good reference guide for researchers and a comprehensive textbook for graduate students." (Yilun Shang, Mathematical Reviews, November, 2017)

"This is one of the first books to appear on modeling epidemics on networks. ... This is a comprehensive and well-written text aimed at students with a serious interest in mathematical epidemiology. It is most appropriate for strong advanced undergraduates or graduate students with some background in differential equations, dynamical systems, probability and stochastic processes." (William J. Satzer, MAA Reviews, September, 2017)