<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!DOCTYPE article  PUBLIC "-//NLM//DTD Journal Publishing DTD v3.0 20080202//EN" "http://dtd.nlm.nih.gov/publishing/3.0/journalpublishing3.dtd"><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="3.0" xml:lang="en" article-type="research article"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">OALibJ</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Open Access Library Journal</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="epub">2333-9705</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Scientific Research Publishing</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.4236/oalib.1102701</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">OALibJ-69337</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Articles</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="Discipline-v2"><subject>Biomedical&amp;Life Sciences</subject><subject> Business&amp;Economics</subject><subject> Chemistry&amp;Materials Science</subject><subject> Computer Science&amp;Communications</subject><subject> Earth&amp;Environmental Sciences</subject><subject> Engineering</subject><subject> Medicine&amp;Healthcare</subject><subject> Physics&amp;Mathematics</subject><subject> Social Sciences&amp;Humanities</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>
 
 
  Spreading Dynamics of a Social Information Model with Overlapping Community Structures on Complex Networks
 
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Xiongding</surname><given-names>Liu</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref><xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1"><sup>*</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Tao</surname><given-names>Li</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref><xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1"><sup>*</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Yuanmei</surname><given-names>Wang</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref><xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1"><sup>*</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Chen</surname><given-names>Wan</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref><xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1"><sup>*</sup></xref></contrib></contrib-group><aff id="aff1"><addr-line>School of Electronics and Information, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China</addr-line></aff><author-notes><corresp id="cor1">* E-mail:<email>790197383@qq.com(XL)</email>;<email>taohust2008@163.com(TL)</email>;<email>yuanyzq@163.com(YW)</email>;<email>505719802@qq.com(CW)</email>;</corresp></author-notes><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>31</day><month>05</month><year>2016</year></pub-date><volume>03</volume><issue>05</issue><fpage>1</fpage><lpage>11</lpage><history><date date-type="received"><day>30</day>	<month>April</month>	<year>2016</year></date><date date-type="rev-recd"><day>accepted</day>	<month>27</month>	<year>May</year>	</date><date date-type="accepted"><day>30</day>	<month>May</month>	<year>2016</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement>&#169; Copyright  2014 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. </copyright-statement><copyright-year>2014</copyright-year><license><license-p>This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>
 
 
   
   In this paper, we present a 
   SARS
    (susceptible-adopted-removed-susceptible) social information spreading model with overlapping community structures on complex networks. Using the mean field theory, the spreading dynamic of the model has been studied. At first, we derived the spreading critical threshold value and equilibriums. Theoretical results indicate that the existence of equilibriums is determined by threshold value. The threshold value is obviously dependent on the topology of underlying networks. Furthermore, the globally asymptotically stable equilibriums are proved in detail. The overlap parameter of community structures can't change the threshold value, but it can influence the extent of the social information spreading. Numerical simulations confirmed the analytical results. 
  
 
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Social Information Spreading</kwd><kwd> Overlap Parameter</kwd><kwd> Community Structures</kwd><kwd> Complex Networks</kwd><kwd> Threshold Value</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body><sec id="s1"><title>1. Introduction</title><p>Complex networks can be described by many real-world systems [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69337-ref1">1</xref>] - [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69337-ref3">3</xref>] , in which nodes represent individuals while edges represent the relationships or interactions between nodes. Examples include social information networks [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69337-ref4">4</xref>] . Social information networks offer a diverse range of possible group organizations, such as relationship, communication and friendship circles. Some experiments on several networks with ground-truth groups and temporal attributes reveal that two nodes are likely to be connected if some of their neighbor nodes are in the same communities [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69337-ref5">5</xref>] . L.J. Zhao and J.J. Wang found that the dynamic behavior of rumor spreading is based on the SIR (susceptible-infected-recovered) epidemic spreading model [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69337-ref6">6</xref>] . The DK and MK models have been used comprehensively for quantitative studies of rumor spreading [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69337-ref7">7</xref>] - [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69337-ref13">13</xref>] , but the major deficiencies of these models are that they have not considered the topological characteristics of overlapping community structure for describing rumor spreading in social networks.</p><p>With the study of network structural properties, the spread of an epidemic over complex networks has investigated very mature [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69337-ref14">14</xref>] - [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69337-ref16">16</xref>] . A SIQRS (susceptible-infected-quarantined-recovered-susceptible) epidemic model on scale-free network investigates the influence of heterogeneity of the underlying networks and quarantine strategy on epidemic spreading [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69337-ref17">17</xref>] . Pastor-Satorras and Vespignani set the absence of a SIS (susceptible-in- fected-susceptible) epidemiological model on the infinite scale-free network [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69337-ref18">18</xref>] . In addition, SIS spreading on scale-free networks with degree correlations has also been proved [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69337-ref19">19</xref>] . Besides, a SEIRS (susceptible-exposed- infected-recovered-susceptible) model with infectivity assumed to be either constant or proportional to the node degree on scale-free networks was presented in [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69337-ref20">20</xref>] . These models―the local stability analysis of the disease- free equilibrium and the permanence of the disease in the network, were provided and proved. In the reference [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69337-ref21">21</xref>] , it has presented four real networks for both SIR and SI spreading models; the DS centrality is more precise than degree.</p><p>In sum, the rumor or disease transmission model contributes to understanding the intrinsic mechanisms of those spreading processes and designing efficient control strategies. However, information spreading has difference from disease infections because of its specific features, such as time decaying influence [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69337-ref22">22</xref>] , the link of nodes degree [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69337-ref23">23</xref>] , information contents [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69337-ref24">24</xref>] , effects of memory [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69337-ref25">25</xref>] , social stabilize [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69337-ref26">26</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69337-ref27">27</xref>] , non-redundancy of contacts [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69337-ref28">28</xref>] , etc. In this paper, we present a new model SARS to illustrate social information spreading on overlapping community structures. It has assumed a novel generative model and formalized the detection of overlapping communities as well as hubs as an optimization problem on it [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69337-ref29">29</xref>] . We propose each community in an oblivious way. That is, considering the membership of a node may belong to more than one community, and we do not care whether it has been already allotted to any communities. Overlapping communities are thus naturally supported. In the centrality matrix, a node ranked at the top of the community is seen as a center. Therefore, regardless of the fact that the number of communities is given or not, the method that we proposed is capable of detecting overlapping communities as well as hubs simultaneously.</p><p>In Section 2, we present a SARS social information spreading model with overlapping community structures and introduces related work on complex networks. In Section 3, we analyze the globally asymptotically stable equilibriums in detail. In Section 4, numerical experiments and simulation results are given to illustrate the theoretical results. Finally, conclusions and future works are drawn in Section 5.</p></sec><sec id="s2"><title>2. Model Formulation</title><p>In this article, we discussed the social information spreading on complex networks with the overlapping community structure. Overlapping community structure is mainly to describe the network topology relatively strongly linked to the internal part of the node and the external characteristic of contact relatively sparse. We use a SARS model to illustrate the proposed social information spreading process. In this model, we assume that social information spreading is disseminated by direct contacts of adopted nodes with others, and the population is divided into three groups: susceptible (S), adopted (A), removed (R), where S, A, R represent the people who never heard the information (Susceptible), those who are spreading information (Adopted), and the ones who heard the information but have lost interest in diffusing it (Removed). From now on, we refer to the SARS model as the information spreading model. On the size of the N in the social information network, we suppose there are two communities with the same size A and B. We defined v is an overlap parameter. The probability of each adopted nodes connect to any node in the community A by v, with the probability of <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x7.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> to the community B. On the edge of the process we do not allow the existence with the heavy side. Due to the symmetry between community A and B, so we take<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x8.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. A large number of experiments show that the social information network is a sparse network. In the course of social information spreading, a susceptible individuals is infected with rate <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x9.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> if it is connected to an adopted individuals. Due to the invalidation and distortion of social information the adopted individuals will change to removed individuals by<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x10.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. However, some removed individual because temporary amnesia will join susceptible individuals again with probability<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x11.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. Here, we assume that the immigration rate l equals the emigration rate<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x12.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. The SARS model has the flow diagram given in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig1">Figure 1</xref> with the above assumptions.</p><p>For the SARS model on scale-free network, taking into account the heterogeneity included by the presence of</p><fig id="fig1"  position="float"><label><xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig1">Figure 1</xref></label><caption><title> The flow diagram of the SARS model</title></caption><graphic mimetype="image"   position="float"  xlink:type="simple"  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x13.png"/></fig><p>vertices with different connectivity, let<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x14.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x15.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x16.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> be the relative densities of susceptible,</p><p>adopted and removed nodes of degree k at time t respectively. With these signs and symbols, the dynamics mean-field reaction rate equations can be written as</p><disp-formula id="scirp.69337-formula114"><label>(2.1)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x17.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>The dynamics of SARS subsystems are coupled through the function<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x18.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. The probability <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x19.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> describes a link pointing to an adopted individual. Which satisfies</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x20.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,</p><p>where<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x21.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>;<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x21.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x22.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>So</p><disp-formula id="scirp.69337-formula115"><label>(2.2)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x23.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x24.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is the probability that a node has degree k and thus<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x24.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x25.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>; <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x24.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x25.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x26.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>denotes the average degree [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69337-ref30">30</xref>] . <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x24.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x25.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x26.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x27.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>is the total density of adopted individuals in the network. Clearly, these variables obey the normalization condition:<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x24.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x25.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x26.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x27.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x28.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. The initial conditions for system (2.1) can be given as follows<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x24.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x25.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x26.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x27.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x28.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x29.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>Definition. The equilibrium is an information-free equilibrium if<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x30.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>Theorem 1. Let<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x31.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. The SARS system (2.1) has always exists an information-free equilibrium</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x32.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>and when<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x32.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x33.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, then the system (2.1) has a unique permanent equilibrium<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x32.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x33.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x34.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>Proof. To get the equilibrium solution<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x35.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, it should satisfy</p><disp-formula id="scirp.69337-formula116"><label>(2.3)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x36.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>This leads to</p><disp-formula id="scirp.69337-formula117"><label>(2.4)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x37.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Substituting (2.4) <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x38.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>into (2.2), we obtain that</p><disp-formula id="scirp.69337-formula118"><label>(2.5)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x39.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Clearly, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x40.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x40.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x41.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>is a solution of (2.5), at that time <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x40.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x41.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x42.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x40.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x41.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x42.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x43.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. To ensure (2.5) has a nontrivial solution of<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x40.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x41.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x42.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x43.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x44.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, it must be satisfied as following:</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x45.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x45.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x46.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula></p><p>We can obtain the threshold value:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.69337-formula119"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x47.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x48.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. So a nontrivial solution of <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x48.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x49.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> exists if and only if<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x48.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x49.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x50.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, that is ,<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x48.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x49.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x50.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x51.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. It follows from (2.3) that (2.4) hold and for<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x48.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x49.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x50.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x51.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x52.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x48.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x49.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x50.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x51.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x52.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x53.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula></p><p>Hence the system (2.1) has an permanent equilibrium<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x54.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. This completes the proof.</p></sec><sec id="s3"><title>3. The Stability Analysis</title><p>In this section, the globally asymptotically stable <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x55.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x55.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x56.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> will be investigated. We first consider the local asymptotic stability and then the global attractivity of the information-free equilibrium<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x55.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x56.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x57.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. More specifically, we will show that if the threshold value<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x55.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x56.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x57.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x58.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, then <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x55.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x56.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x57.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x58.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x59.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is globally asymptotically stable. Otherwise, it is unstable. We now state the results of the local stability of<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x55.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x56.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x57.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x58.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x59.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x60.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>Theorem 2. The information-free equilibrium <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x61.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> of SARS system (2.1) is globally asymptotically stable if <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x61.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x62.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula></p><p>Proof. First, we prove that <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x63.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is locally asymptotically stable.</p><p>We rewrite system (2.1) as</p><disp-formula id="scirp.69337-formula120"><label>(3.1)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x64.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>After the linearization, we write the system (3.1) as</p><disp-formula id="scirp.69337-formula121"><label>(3.2)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x65.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Then the Jacobian matrix of (3.2) at <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x66.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is given by</p><disp-formula id="scirp.69337-formula122"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x67.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where</p><disp-formula id="scirp.69337-formula123"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x68.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><disp-formula id="scirp.69337-formula124"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x69.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Using induction on n, the characteristic equation can be expressed as</p><disp-formula id="scirp.69337-formula125"><label>(3.3)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x70.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>The characteristic equation have n eigenvalues for<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x71.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x71.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x72.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>eigenvalues equal to<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x71.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x72.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x73.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, the <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x71.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x72.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x73.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x74.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> eigenvalue is</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x75.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>Since <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x76.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x76.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x77.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, so<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x76.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x77.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x78.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x79.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>All the eigenvalues of J are negative if<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x80.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. Hence, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x80.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x81.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>is locally asymptotically stable and it is unstable if<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x80.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x81.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x82.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. This completes the proof.</p><p>Next, we will prove that the equilibrium <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x83.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is indeed globally attractive. From the second equation of system (2.1) we have</p><disp-formula id="scirp.69337-formula126"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x84.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Now we consider the comparison equation with the condition <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x85.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> as follows:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.69337-formula127"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x86.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Integrating from 0 to t yields, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x87.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, Since<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x87.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x88.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, we have <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x87.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x88.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x89.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> as<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x87.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x88.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x89.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x90.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>According to the comparison theorem of functional differential equation, we have<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x91.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, for all<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x91.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x92.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>Therefore, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x93.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>as<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x93.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x94.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, which means <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x93.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x94.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x95.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> as<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x93.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x94.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x95.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x96.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, for<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x93.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x94.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x95.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x96.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x97.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. It follows that the information-free equilibrium <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x93.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x94.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x95.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x96.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x97.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x98.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is globally attractive. Hence, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x93.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x94.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x95.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x96.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x97.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x98.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x99.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>is locally asymptotically stable if <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x93.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x94.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x95.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x96.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x97.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x98.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x99.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x100.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and it is unstable if<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x93.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x94.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x95.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x96.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x97.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x98.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x99.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x100.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x101.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. This completes the proof.</p><p>We now prove the globally asymptotically stable of equilibrium <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x102.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> of SARS system (2.1).</p><p>Theorem 3. When<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x103.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, the information spreading is persistence on the scale-free networks, there exists a<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x103.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x104.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, such that</p><disp-formula id="scirp.69337-formula128"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x105.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Proof. We will utilize the result of Thieme in Theorem 4.6 [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69337-ref31">31</xref>] to prove it. Define</p><disp-formula id="scirp.69337-formula129"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x106.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><disp-formula id="scirp.69337-formula130"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x107.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><disp-formula id="scirp.69337-formula131"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x108.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Obviously, X is positively invariant with respect to system (2.1). If<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x109.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x109.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x110.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x109.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x110.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x111.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> for<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x109.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x110.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x111.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x112.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, then<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x109.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x110.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x111.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x112.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x113.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x109.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x110.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x111.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x112.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x113.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x114.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x109.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x110.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x111.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x112.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x113.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x114.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x115.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> for all<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x109.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x110.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x111.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x112.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x113.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x114.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x115.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x116.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. Since</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x117.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>and<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x117.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x118.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, we have <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x117.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x118.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x119.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. Thus, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x117.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x118.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x119.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x120.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>is also positively invariant. Furthermore, there exists a compact set Y in which all solutions of system (2.1) initiated in X will enter and remain forever after. The compactness condition (C4.2) in Thieme [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69337-ref32">32</xref>] is easily proved for this set Y. Denote</p><disp-formula id="scirp.69337-formula132"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x121.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><disp-formula id="scirp.69337-formula133"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x122.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x123.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is the omega limit set of the solutions of system</p><p>(2.1) starting in<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x124.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, Restricting system (2.1) on <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x124.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x125.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> gives</p><disp-formula id="scirp.69337-formula134"><label>(3.4)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x126.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>It is easy to verify that system (3.4) has a unique equilibrium <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x127.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> in X. Thus <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x127.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x128.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is the unique equilibrium of system (2.1) in<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x127.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x128.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x129.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. It is easy to demonstrate that <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x127.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x128.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x129.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x130.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is locally asymptotically stable. This means that <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x127.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x128.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x129.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x130.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x131.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is globally asymptotically stable for (3.4) is a linear system. Therefore<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x127.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x128.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x129.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x130.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x131.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x132.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. And <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x127.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x128.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x129.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x130.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x131.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x132.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x133.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is a covering of X,</p><p>which is isolated and is acyclic (since there exists no solution in <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x134.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> which links <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x134.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x135.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> to itself). Finally, the proof will be done if we show <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x134.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x135.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x136.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is a weak repeller for<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x134.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x135.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x136.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x137.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x138.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,</p><p>where <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x139.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is an arbitrarily solution with initial value in<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x139.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x140.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>By Leenheer and Smith [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69337-ref31">31</xref>] , we need only to prove <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x141.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> where <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x141.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x142.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is the stable mani-</p><p>fold of<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x143.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. Suppose it is not true, then there exists a solution <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x143.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x144.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> in<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x143.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x144.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x145.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, such that</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x148.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x148.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x147.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x148.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x147.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x146.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>as<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x148.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x147.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x146.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x149.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>Since<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x150.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, we can choose<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x150.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x151.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, such that</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x152.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>For<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x153.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, by (3.5) there exists a <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x153.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x154.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> such that</p><disp-formula id="scirp.69337-formula135"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x155.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>for all <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x156.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x156.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x157.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. Let</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x158.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>V represent the proportion of all adopted individuals to all individuals. The derivative of V along the solution of system (2.1) is given by</p><disp-formula id="scirp.69337-formula136"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x159.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>There<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x160.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. Hence <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x160.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x161.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> as<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x160.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x161.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x162.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, which contradicts to the boundedness of<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x160.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x161.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x162.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x163.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. This com- pletes the proof.</p></sec><sec id="s4"><title>4. Numerical Simulation</title><p>In this section, we will give some numerical simulations to illustrate the theoretical analysis. We consider the system (2.1) on a scale-free network with the degree distribution<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x164.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, where the parameter <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x164.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x165.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> satisfies<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x164.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x165.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x166.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, we choose<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x164.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x165.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x166.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x167.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>In <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig2">Figure 2</xref> , we choose<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x168.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, thus the threshold value <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x168.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x169.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x168.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x169.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x170.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. The figure show that when<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x168.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x169.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x170.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x171.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x168.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x169.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x170.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x171.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x172.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>approach to zero, the social information spreading will ultimately disappear, and the smaller the degree is, the faster the social information spreading fades out. It also suggests that the information-free equilibrium <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x168.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x169.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x170.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x171.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x172.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x173.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is globally asymptotically stable.</p><p>In <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig3">Figure 3</xref>, we choose<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x174.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, thus the threshold value<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x174.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x175.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. The figure illustrate that when<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x174.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x175.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x176.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, the social information spreading is persistent and the adopted individuals will converge to a positive constant. Which means, the permanent equilibrium <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x174.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x175.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x176.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x177.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is globally asymptotically stable. As the degree number’s influence in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig2">Figure 2</xref>, it also reflected in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig3">Figure 3</xref>.</p><fig id="fig2"  position="float"><label><xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig2">Figure 2</xref></label><caption><title> The time series and orbits of system (4) with <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x179.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and initial values<img data-original="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x180.png" /></title></caption><graphic mimetype="image"   position="float"  xlink:type="simple"  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x178.png"/></fig><fig id="fig3"  position="float"><label><xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig3">Figure 3</xref></label><caption><title> The time series and orbits of system (2.1) with <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x182.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and initial values<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x182.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x183.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula></title></caption><graphic mimetype="image"   position="float"  xlink:type="simple"  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x181.png"/></fig><p>In <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig4">Figure 4</xref>(a) , the parameters are<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x184.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x184.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x185.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. Likewise, we choose <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x184.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x185.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x186.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig4">Figure 4</xref>(b), where<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x184.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x185.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x186.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x187.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. This two figure shows that the corresponding <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x184.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x185.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x186.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x187.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x188.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> increases significantly as the overlap parameter v increase. In addition, it is also found that the larger overlap parameter is, the higher the social information spreading level will be. The biological meaning is that the closer overlapping communities is, the wider social information spreading will be, corresponding to people’s frequency with each other.</p><p>In <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig5">Figure 5</xref>, when<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x189.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, it is observed that the <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x189.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x190.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> increase as v increase. To compare with<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x189.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x190.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x191.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, the v effect on even more significant. It shows that the overlap structures plays a significant role in social information spreading.</p><fig-group id="fig4"><label><xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig4">Figure 4</xref></label><caption><title> The prevalence <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x194.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> versus t corresponding to different v, which are <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x194.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x195.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> from (a) to (b), with identical initial value<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x194.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x195.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x196.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</title></caption><fig id ="fig4_1"><label>(b)</label><graphic mimetype="image"   position="float"  xlink:type="simple"  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x192.png"/></fig><fig id ="fig4_2"><label></label><graphic mimetype="image"   position="float"  xlink:type="simple"  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x193.png"/></fig></fig-group></sec><sec id="s5"><title>5. Conclusion</title><p>In this paper, a SARS social information spreading model with the overlapping community structures on complex networks has been presented. By mean-filed theory, we have proved that there exists a threshold value<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x197.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. The threshold value determines the existence of equilibriums. More specifically, we have shown that if<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x197.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x198.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, the information-free equilibrium is globally asymptotically stable; the sociology meaning is that the social information spreading will fade out eventually; if<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x197.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x198.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x199.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, there exists a permanent equilibrium <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x197.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x198.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x199.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x200.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> which is globally asymptotically stable, meaning that the social information spreading is permanent. Moreover, increasing overlap parameters can result in the social information spreading broader and faster. The study has valuable guiding significance in effectively controlling the spreading of social information.</p><fig id="fig5"  position="float"><label><xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig5">Figure 5</xref></label><caption><title> The prevalence <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x202.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> versus v corresponding to different<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x202.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x203.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x202.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x203.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x204.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>or 0.7</title></caption><graphic mimetype="image"   position="float"  xlink:type="simple"  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/69337x201.png"/></fig></sec><sec id="s6"><title>Acknowledgements</title><p>This work was supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grants 60973012, 6147234.</p></sec><sec id="s7"><title>Cite this paper</title><p>Xiongding Liu,Tao Li,Yuanmei Wang,Chen Wan, (2016) Spreading Dynamics of a Social Information Model with Overlapping Community Structures on Complex Networks. 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