Modeling a hypothetical zombie outbreak can save us from real-world monsters

DOI10.1007/S00283-019-09893-9MaRDI QIDQ2325867zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors João Paulo A. de Mendonça, Leonardo M. V. Teixeira, Fernando Sato, Lohan R. N. Ferreira

Publication date 30 September 2019

Published in The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.10443

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Epidemiology (92D30)

Abstract: In this work we applied several concepts on the modeling of complex systems in an attempt to save mankind in the case of a zombie apocalypse. We developed a dynamical system in order to model a zombie outbreak in which we, regular humans, are aided by military personnel in the fight against the zombies. Our analysis has shown that the initial amount of military personnel play a key rule on our survival, even when the zombies are extremely aggressive and in large advantage.This document is a pre-print version of the paper de Mendonc{c}a, J.P.A., Teixeira, L.M.V., Sato, F. et al. Math Intelligencer (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-019-09893-9.

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