Quantifying the effects of quarantine using an IBM SEIR model on scalefree networks

• Published in: Chaos, solitons and fractals Vol. 138; p. 109999
• Main Authors: Marquioni, Vitor M., de Aguiar, Marcus A.M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2020
• Subjects: Complex networks; Epidemic outbreak; Quarantine; SEIR model; Quarantine; SEIR model; Epidemic outbreak; Complex networks

The COVID-19 pandemic led several countries to resort to social distancing, the only known way to slow down the spread of the virus and keep the health system under control. Here we use an individual based model (IBM) to study how the duration, start date and intensity of quarantine affect the heigh...