Epidemic-Network Coevolution
Adaptive rewiring SIR: susceptibles flee infected neighbors
Parameters
N nodes:
120
Mean degree k:
6
Infection rate β:
0.04
Recovery rate γ:
0.02
Rewiring rate ω:
0.05
Reset
Pause
S (susceptible):
—
I (infected):
—
R (recovered):
—
R0 effective:
—
Step:
0
Adaptive SIR
: at each step, S-I edges rewire with rate ω — susceptibles break ties to infected and reconnect to random S nodes.
High ω → network fragmentation slows epidemic. Creates feedback between network structure and disease spread.