A rumor transmission model with various contact interactions.

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We consider a rumor transmission model with various contact interactions and explore what effect such interactions have on the spread of a rumor, in particular whether they can explain the rumor recursion. Through mathematical analysis and computer simulations, we conjecture that rumor recursion remains a major challenge to mathematical models of rumors beyond our model proposed here.

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Author/s: Kawachi, Kazuki (K); Seki, Motohide (M); Yoshida, Hiraku (H); Otake, Yohei (Y); Warashina, Katsuhide (K); Ueda, Hiroshi (H);

Affiliation: Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8914, Japan. kkawachi@ms.u-tokyo.ac.jp

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Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Journal of theoretical biology (J Theor Biol), published in Netherlands. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2008-Jul; vol 253 (issue 1) : pp 55-60

Dates: Created 2008/06/16; Completed 2008/08/11;

PMID: 18179802, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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