Food-trade network vulnerable to fast spread of contaminants
Thursday, June 7, 2012 - 20:30
in Mathematics & Economics
Physicists and food science experts have recently published a rigorous analysis of the international food-trade network that shows the network's vulnerability to the fast spread of contaminants as well as the correlation between known food poisoning outbreaks and the centrality of countries on the network.
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