Effect of local and global information on the dynamical interplay between awareness and epidemic transmission in multiplex networks

Recent few years have witnessed a growing interest in exploring the dynamical interplay between awareness and epidemic transmission within the framework of multiplex networks. However, both local and global information have significant impacts on individual awareness and behavior, which have not been adequately characterized in the existing works. To this end, we propose a local and global information controlled spreading model to explore the dynamics of two spreading processes. In the upper layer, we construct a threshold model to describe the awareness diffusion process and introduce local and global awareness information as variables into an individual awareness ratio. In the lower layer, we adopt the classical susceptible-infected-susceptible model to represent the epidemic propagation process and introduce local and global epidemic information into individual precaution degree to reflect individual heterogeneity. Using the microscopic Markov chain approach, we theoretically derive the threshold for epidemic outbreaks. Our findings suggest that the local and global information can motivate individuals to increase self-protection awareness and take more precaution measures, thereby reducing disease infection probability and suppressing the spread of epidemics. Published under an exclusive license by AIP Publishing.