Sima Ranjbarfard; Amin Ghodousian; D. Moazzami
Abstract
In this paper, we present a binary-linear optimization model to prevent the spread of an infectious disease in a community. The model is based on the remotion of some connections in a contact network in order to separate infected nodes from the others. By using this model we nd an exact optimal solution ...
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In this paper, we present a binary-linear optimization model to prevent the spread of an infectious disease in a community. The model is based on the remotion of some connections in a contact network in order to separate infected nodes from the others. By using this model we nd an exact optimal solution and determine not only the minimum number of deleted links but also their exact positions. The formulation of the model is insensitive to the number of edges in a graph and can be used (with complete or local information) to measure the resistance of a network before and after an infectious spreads. Also, we propose some related models as generalizations: quarantining problem including resource constraints (time, budget, etc.), maximum rescued nodes-minimum deleted links problem and minimum removed links problem nding a prespeci ed number of nodes with weakest connections.
Mohammad Reza Pajand; Reza Khajavi
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Curls and curves of a shell interweave its various strain modes and link them together. This interactional behavior has yet frustrated all attempts for the construction of shell templates, which needs for an individual element test in traditional approaches. Such a test fails to work for shell elements ...
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Curls and curves of a shell interweave its various strain modes and link them together. This interactional behavior has yet frustrated all attempts for the construction of shell templates, which needs for an individual element test in traditional approaches. Such a test fails to work for shell elements and must be reconstructed. In this paper, it is tried to study shell interactional behavior and strain entanglements via a microscopic investigation. This new view to the shell behavior reveals a simple method, in which shell templates are constructed by partitioning the stiffness matrix of a sample shell element into its components. Surly, sample elements have been qualified for their convergence in practice. The method is examined for axisymmetric cylindrical shell element.
