Research Article

Coupled Dynamic Model of Resource Diffusion and Epidemic Spreading in Time-Varying Multiplex Networks

Table 1

Notions of parameters.

SymbolDomainDefinition

[0, ]Number of nodes in network
[0, ]Time step
[0, 1]Resource loss rate
[0, 1]Resource diffusion rate
[0, 1]Epidemic transmission rate
[0, 1]Epidemic recovery rate
[0, 1]Epidemic recovery rate of the nodes in noresource state
[0, 1]Epidemic recovery rate of the nodes in resourceful state
[0, ]Contact capacity of active nodes in the resource layer
[0, ]Contact capacity of active nodes in the epidemic layer
[0, 1]Activity level of node in the resource layer
[0, 1]Activity level of node in the epidemic layer
[0, ]Rescaling factor of resource layer
[0, ]Rescaling factor of epidemic layer
[, 1]Activity potential of node in the resource layer
[, 1]Activity potential of node on epidemic layer
(0, 1]The lower cutoff of activity potential
Distribution of nodes’ activity potential of resource layer
Distribution of nodes’ activity potential of epidemic layer
[0, 1]Probability of node in state X
[0, 1]Probability that node has no resources from neighbors at time
[0, 1]Probability that node will not be infected by any neighbors at time
[0, 1]The upper threshold of for the outbreak of epidemic
[0, 1]The lower threshold of for the outbreak of epidemic