145458 20260217205559.0 doi 10.1016/j.chaos.2024.115592 sideral 140308 ART-2024-140308 eng Lamata-Otín, Santiago Universidad de Zaragoza Integrating virtual and physical interactions through higher-order networks to control epidemics 2024 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted In the context of our increasingly digitalized society, virtual interactions have become integral to daily communication, complementing traditional face-to-face interactions. These digital pathways, however, are often overlooked in the context of epidemic control, particularly in Digital Contact Tracing, where adoption rates of tailored wearable applications for this purpose remain suboptimal. This study elucidates the key role of the virtual environment in managing infectious disease outbreaks. We develop an integrated framework that combines various detection strategies to assess the efficacy of virtual tools in bending epidemic waves, analogous to conventional Contact Tracing approaches. Our analysis extends to the dynamics of higher-order interactions — characteristic of virtual platforms — and their contribution to epidemic control. Furthermore, we investigate the interplay between physical and virtual interactions, that aligned interactions optimize epidemic control in daily routine scenarios. Our findings underscore the critical role of virtual interactions in epidemic management, suggesting that current societal structures inherently support innovative detection and control strategies. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/E36-23R-FENOL info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/PID2020-113582GB-I00 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by-nc-nd https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es 5.6 2024 PHYSICS, MATHEMATICAL 1 / 61 = 0.016 2024 Q1 T1 MATHEMATICS, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS 7 / 136 = 0.051 2024 Q1 T1 PHYSICS, MULTIDISCIPLINARY 17 / 114 = 0.149 2024 Q1 T1 1.184 2024 Applied Mathematics 2024 Q1 Mathematical Physics 2024 Q1 Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 2024 Q1 Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) 2024 Q1 Mathematics (miscellaneous) 2024 Q1 9.9 2024 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Reyna-Lara, Adriana Gómez-Gardeñes, Jesús Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-5204-1937 2003 395 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Física Materia Condensa. Área Física Materia Condensada 189, Part 1 (2024), 115592 Chaos, solitons fractals Chaos, Solitons and Fractals 0960-0779 SocioPatterns datasets https://www.sociopatterns.org/datasets WhatsApp data https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/WhatsApp_Data_Set/19785193 2289245 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/145458/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2742430 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/145458/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:145458 articulos driver 2026-02-17-20:44:00 ARTICLE