title: Efficiency and reliability of epidemic data dissemination in complex networks.
abstract: We study the dynamics of epidemic spreading processes aimed at spontaneous dissemination of information updates in populations with complex connectivity patterns. The influence of the topological structure of the network in these processes is studied by analyzing the behavior of several global parameters, such as reliability, efficiency, and load. Large-scale numerical simulations of update-spreading processes show that while networks with homogeneous connectivity patterns permit a higher reliability, scale-free topologies allow for a better efficiency.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Física Teórica, and Instituto de Biocomputación y Física de Sistemas Complejos, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza 50009, Spain.
authors.forename: Yamir
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.forename: Maziar
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nekovee
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vespignani