Research Article

Controlling Virus Spread Using an Intermittent Quarantine Strategy on Multiplex Networks

Table 1

Definitions of parameters and abbreviations.

Parameters/abbreviationsDefinitions

Information transmission rate
Virus transmission rate
Information recovery rate
Virus recovery rate
Intermittent quarantine period
Average degree of subnetwork
Average degree of subnetwork
The probability of a node connects to an infected neighbor in network
The probability of a node connects to an infected neighbor in network
A node with degree in network A is in the susceptible state
A node with degree in network B is in the susceptible state
A node with degree in network A is in the informed state
A node with degree in network B is in the infected state
A node with degree in network A is in the recovered state
A node with degree in network B is in the recovered state