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In spite of the extensive previous efforts on traffic dynamics and epidemic spreading in complex networks, the problem of traffic-driven epidemic spreading on correlated networks has not been addressed. Interestingly, we find that the epidemic threshold, a fundamental quantity underlying the spreading dynamics, exhibits a nonmonotonic behavior in that it can be minimized for some critical value of the assortativity coefficient, a parameter characterizing the network correlation. To understand this phenomenon, we use the degree-based mean-field theory to calculate the traffic-driven epidemic threshold for correlated networks. The theory predicts that the threshold is inversely proportional to the packet-generation rate and the largest eigenvalue of the betweenness matrix. We obtain consistency between theory and numerics. Our results may provide insights into the important problem of controlling and/or harnessing real-world epidemic spreading dynamics driven by traffic flows.
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PHYSICAL REVIEW E
ISSN: 1539-3755
Year: 2015
Issue: 6
Volume: 91
2 . 2 5 2
JCR@2015
2 . 2 0 0
JCR@2023
ESI Discipline: PHYSICS;
ESI HC Threshold:200
JCR Journal Grade:1
CAS Journal Grade:2
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SCOPUS Cited Count: 27
ESI Highly Cited Papers on the List: 0 Unfold All
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30 Days PV: 0
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