The Role of Movement Patterns in Epidemic Models on Complex Networks Ruiz Herrera, Alfonso Torres Villarroya, Pedro José Optimal topology Degree of mobility Management guidelines Patchy models Open Access funding provided thanks to the CRUE-CSIC agreement with Springer Nature. Fund ing was provided by Ministry of Science and Technology (MTM2017-364758) In this paper, we analyze the influence of the usual movement variables on the spread of an epidemic. Specifically, given two spatial topologies, we can deduce which topology produces less infected individuals. In particular, we determine the topology that minimizes the overall number of infected individuals. It is worth noting that we do not assume any of the common simplifying assumptions in network theory such as all the links have the same diffusion rate or the movement of the individuals is symmetric. Our main conclusion is that the degree of mobility of the population plays a critical role in the spread of a disease. Finally, we derive theoretical insights to management of epidemics. 2021-10-06T07:40:20Z 2021-10-06T07:40:20Z 2021-08-19 journal article Ruiz-Herrera, A., Torres, P.J. The Role of Movement Patterns in Epidemic Models on Complex Networks. Bull Math Biol 83, 98 (2021). [https://doi.org/10.1007/s11538-021-00929-w] http://hdl.handle.net/10481/70668 10.1007/s11538-021-00929-w eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ open access Atribución 3.0 España Springer