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The Impact of Imitation on Vaccination Behavior in Social Contact Networks

The Impact of Imitation on Vaccination Behavior in Social Contact Networks

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The Impact of Imitation on Vaccination Behavior in Social Contact Networks

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The Impact of Imitation on Vaccination Behavior in Social Contact Networks

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United States: Public Library of Science

Journal title

PLoS computational biology, 2012-04, Vol.8 (4), p.e1002469-e1002469

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English

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United States: Public Library of Science

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Contents

Previous game-theoretic studies of vaccination behavior typically have often assumed that populations are homogeneously mixed and that individuals are fully rational. In reality, there is heterogeneity in the number of contacts per individual, and individuals tend to imitate others who appear to have adopted successful strategies. Here, we use netw...

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The Impact of Imitation on Vaccination Behavior in Social Contact Networks

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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1313184747

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1313184747

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1553-7358,1553-734X

E-ISSN

1553-7358

DOI

10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002469

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