Measurability of the epidemic reproduction number in data-driven contact networks | PNAS
▻https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/11/21/1811115115
We use detailed sociodemographic data to generate two multiplex networks describing the contact patterns of about 500,000 agents, each representative of a subset of the Italian and Dutch populations
(...) Our simulation results clearly highlight how the heterogeneity and clustering of human interactions (e.g., contacts between household members, classmates, work colleagues) alter the standard results of fundamental epidemiological indicators, such as the reproduction number and generation time over the course of an epidemic.