title: Asymmetrically interacting spreading dynamics on complex layered networks.
abstract: The spread of disease through a physical-contact network and the spread of information about the disease on a communication network are two intimately related dynamical processes. We investigate the asymmetrical interplay between the two types of spreading dynamics, each occurring on its own layer, by focusing on the two fundamental quantities underlying any spreading process: epidemic threshold and the final infection ratio. We find that an epidemic outbreak on the contact layer can induce an outbreak on the communication layer, and information spreading can effectively raise the epidemic threshold. When structural correlation exists between the two layers, the information threshold remains unchanged but the epidemic threshold can be enhanced, making the contact layer more resilient to epidemic outbreak. We develop a physical theory to understand the intricate interplay between the two types of spreading dynamics.
authors.affiliation: Web Sciences Center, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: 1] Web Sciences Center, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China [2] Center for Atmospheric Remote Sensing(CARE), Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 702-701, South Korea.
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.affiliation: Web Sciences Center, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, South Korea.
authors.lastname: Younghae Do
authors.affiliation: School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA.
authors.forename: Ying-Cheng
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.affiliation: Department of Astronomy and Atmospheric Sciences, Center for Atmospheric Remote Sensing(CARE), Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 702-701, South Korea.
authors.forename: GyuWon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D058872:Epidemics; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical