Author, as appears in the article.: Khanjanianpak, Mozhgan; Azimi-Tafreshi, Nahid; Arenas, Alex; Gomez-Gardenes, Jesus
Department: Enginyeria Informàtica i Matemàtiques
URV's Author/s: Arenas Moreno, Alejandro
Keywords: Infectious-diseases Humans Human behaviour Epidemics Emergence Disease spreading Covid-19 vaccination human behaviour evolution disease spreading covid-19
Abstract: The behaviour of individuals is a main actor in the control of the spread of a communicable disease and, in turn, the spread of an infectious disease can trigger behavioural changes in a population. Here, we study the emergence of individuals' protective behaviours in response to the spread of a disease by considering two different social attitudes within the same population: concerned and risky. Generally speaking, concerned individuals have a larger risk aversion than risky individuals. To study the emergence of protective behaviours, we couple, to the epidemic evolution of a susceptible-infected-susceptible model, a decision game based on the perceived risk of infection. Using this framework, we find the effect of the protection strategy on the epidemic threshold for each of the two subpopulations (concerned and risky), and study under which conditions risky individuals are persuaded to protect themselves or, on the contrary, can take advantage of a herd immunity by remaining healthy without protecting themselves, thanks to the shield provided by concerned individuals. This article is part of the theme issue 'Emergent phenomena in complex physical and socio-technical systems: from cells to societies'.
Thematic Areas: Química Physics and astronomy (miscellaneous) Physics and astronomy (all) Multidisciplinary sciences Medicina ii Mathematics (miscellaneous) Mathematics (all) Matemática / probabilidade e estatística Interdisciplinar Geociências General physics and astronomy General medicine General mathematics General engineering Engineering (miscellaneous) Engineering (all) Engenharias iv Engenharias iii Engenharias i Economia Ciências biológicas i Ciência da computação Biodiversidade Astronomia / física
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: alexandre.arenas@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0003-0937-0334
Record's date: 2024-09-28
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsta.2020.0412
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society A-Mathematical Physical And Engineering Sciences. 380 (2227): 20200412-20200412
APA: Khanjanianpak, Mozhgan; Azimi-Tafreshi, Nahid; Arenas, Alex; Gomez-Gardenes, Jesus (2022). Emergence of protective behaviour under different risk perceptions to disease spreading. Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society A-Mathematical Physical And Engineering Sciences, 380(2227), 20200412-20200412. DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2020.0412
Article's DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2020.0412
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2022
Publication Type: Journal Publications