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Searching for the most cost-effective strategy for controlling epidemics spreading on regular and small-world networks

<28> This interdisciplinary paper successfully combines epidemiological and full economic (cost-benefit) analysis for the control of diseases spreading on a variety of networks. The main original result is to show the existence of three distinct control strategies, the choice of which depends more on economic factors and less on epidemiological factors. This research fills in an important gap by integrating local disease control strategies within economic analysis. This can be used by health authorities to design optimal control strategies for important diseases. The paper innovatively combines computer simulations, network construction algorithms and differential equations.