Contact heterogeneity in network reconstruction: evaluating synthetic graph generators for rabies transmission modeling
Inez Derkx, James Mac Hyman, Fatima Abdelrazak Zakaria, Mahamat Fayiz Abakar, Salome Dürr, Nakul Chitnis
This study evaluates synthetic graph generators for rabies transmission modeling, finding that the degree-corrected stochastic block model best reproduces empirical contact networks and outbreak dynamics for short-infectious-window pathogens.
bioRxiv · Oct 22, 2026 · PreprintEcology