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Seminar Details

Graph-theoretical Models of the Spread and Control of Disease and of Fighting Fires

  • Start Date: July 6, 2007
  • Event Start Time: 12:00 PM
  • Event End Time: 1:00 PM
  • Organizers: Christine Agnese
  • Seminar Series: REU Seminar
  • Presenter(s): Fred Roberts - Rutgers University
  • Event Location: DIMACS Seminar room
  • Abstract: Mathematical models using graphs and networks are increasingly important in understanding ways to combat the spread of disease, whether due to natural outbreaks such as influenza or deliberate outbreaks caused by bioterrorists. We will discuss the role of the mathematical sciences in modeling the spread of disease and describe specific models that use the tools of graph theory to understand strategies for vaccination, quarantine, etc. We will describe recent work on abstract models of the control of fires that are mathematically analogous to the disease spread models. The talk will be self-contained. Background in graph theory, epidemiology, or firefighting is not required.