IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering

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Keywords

Nonhomogeneous Media, Electronic Mail, Multiplexing, Analytical Models, Social Network Services, Communities, Pathogens, Information Diffusion, Multilayer Network, Multiplex, Interconnected, Spreading Processes

Abstract

Several systems can be modeled as sets of interconnected networks or networks with multiple types of connections, here generally called multilayer networks. Spreading processes such as information propagation among users of online social networks, or the diffusion of pathogens among individuals through their contact network, are fundamental phenomena occurring in these networks. However, while information diffusion in single networks has received considerable attention from various disciplines for over a decade, spreading processes in multilayer networks is still a young research area presenting many challenging research issues. In this paper, we review the main models, results and applications of multilayer spreading processes and discuss some promising research directions.
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