🌍 Metapopulation Models: Bridging Spatial Structure and Disease Spread
Metapopulation (or Patch) Models are essential frameworks in mathematical epidemiology for incorporating discrete spatial heterogeneity into the analysis of infectious disease transmission. Rather than assuming homogeneous mixing across one large population, these models divide the geographic domain into distinct spatial units or patches (such as regions, cities, communities) and explicitly model how disease spreads within … Read more