Fast and exact stochastic simulations of epidemics on static and temporal networks

Samuel Cure; Florian G. Pflug; Simone Pigolotti

doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013490

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Fast and exact stochastic simulations of epidemics on static and temporal networks

Samuel Cure ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Samuel Cure, Florian G. Pflug

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Biological Complexity Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Onna, Okinawa, Japan
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Florian G. Pflug ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Samuel Cure, Florian G. Pflug

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Biological Complexity Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Onna, Okinawa, Japan

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5344-5359

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Simone Pigolotti

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: simone.pigolotti@oist.jp

Affiliation Biological Complexity Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Onna, Okinawa, Japan

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6157-6906

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Fast and exact stochastic simulations of epidemics on static and temporal networks

Samuel Cure,
Florian G. Pflug,
Simone Pigolotti

Published: September 15, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013490

About the Authors

Samuel Cure

Contributed equally to this work with: Samuel Cure, Florian G. Pflug

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Biological Complexity Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Onna, Okinawa, Japan

Florian G. Pflug

Contributed equally to this work with: Samuel Cure, Florian G. Pflug

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Biological Complexity Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Onna, Okinawa, Japan

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5344-5359

Simone Pigolotti

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: simone.pigolotti@oist.jp

Affiliation Biological Complexity Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Onna, Okinawa, Japan

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6157-6906

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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