Opinion formation about childhood immunization and disease spread on networks

Author

Shan Shan Zhao, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Date of Award

5-2016

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Mathematics

First Advisor

Dr. Tamer Oraby

Second Advisor

Dr. Santanu Chakraborty

Third Advisor

Dr. Xiaohui Wang

Abstract

People are physically and socially connected with each other. Those connections between people represent two, probably overlapping, networks: biological networks, through which physical contacts occur, or social network, through which information diffuse. In my thesis research, I am trying to answer that question in the context of pediatric disease spread on the biological network between households as well as within them and its relationship with information sharing on the social network of households (parents in that case) via "Information Cascades." I mainly focus on the Erdos-Renyi network model. In particular, I use two different but overlapping Erdos-Renyi networks for the biological and social networks in the model. I am using agent-based stochastic simulations implemented in MatLab to study the modeling results.

Comments

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Recommended Citation

Zhao, Shan Shan, "Opinion formation about childhood immunization and disease spread on networks" (2016). Theses and Dissertations. 89.
https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/etd/89