Publications

1. H. Masoomy, T. Chou, L. Böttcher, Impact of random and targeted disruptions on information diffusion during outbreaks, Chaos, (2023), arXiv:2301.00748, GitLab repo
2. L. Böttcher, M. A. Porter, Complex networks with complex weights, arXiv:2212.06257, GitLab repo
3. L. Böttcher, J. J. F. Breedvelt, F. C. Warren, Z. Segal, W. Kuyken, C. L. H. Bockting, Identifying Relapse Predictors in Individual Participant Data with Decision Trees
4. L. Böttcher, G. Wheeler, Visualizing high-dimensional loss landscapes with Hessian directions, arXiv:2208.13219, GitLab repo
5. L. Böttcher, T. Chou, M. R. D'Orsogna, Modeling and forecasting age-specific overdose mortality in the United States, Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top.
6. L. Böttcher, T. Asikis, Near-optimal control of dynamical systems with neural ordinary differential equations, Mach. Learn.: Sci. Technol. 3, 045004 (2022), arXiv:2206.11120, Gitlab repo
7. D. Wernli, L. Böttcher, F. Vanackere, Y. Kaspiarovich, M. Massood, N. Levrat, Understanding and governing systemic crises in the 21st century: a review from a complexity perspective, Glob. Policy (2023)
8. L. Böttcher, S. Wald, T. Chou, Mathematical Characterization of Private and Public Immune Repertoire Sequences, arXiv:2205.08750, biorxiv:2022.05.17.492232v1, Gitlab repo
9. M. R. D'Orsogna, L. Böttcher, T. Chou, Fentanyl-driven acceleration of racial, gender and geographical disparities in drug overdose deaths in the United States, PLOS Glob. Public Health 3, e0000769 (2023), medRxiv:2022.06.22.22276766
10. M. Xia, L. Böttcher, T. Chou, Spectrally adapted physics-informed neural networks for solving unbounded domain problems, arXiv:2202.02710, Gitlab repo
11. L. Böttcher, T. Asikis, I. Fragkos, Solving Inventory Management Problems with Inventory-dynamics-informed Neural Networks, arXiv:2201.06126, Gitlab repo
12. N. Antulov-Fantulin, L. Böttcher, On the accuracy of short-term COVID-19 fatality forecasts, BMC Infect. Dis. 22, 251 (2022), arXiv:2107.09891, GitHub repo
13. L. Böttcher, H. Gersbach, D. Wernli, Restoring the Antibiotic R&D Market to combat the Resistance Crisis, Sci. Public Policy, scab067 (2021)
14. M. Xia, L. Böttcher, T. Chou, Controlling epidemics through optimal allocation of test kits and vaccine doses across networks, IEEE Trans. Netw. Sci. Eng. 9, 1422--1436 (2022), arXiv:2107.13709, GitLab repo
15. T. Schneider, O. R. A. Dunbar, J. Wu, L. Böttcher, D. Burov, A. Garbuno-Inigo, G. L. Wagner, S. Pei, C. Daraio, R. Ferrari, J. Shaman, Epidemic Management and Control Through Individual Risk-Tailored Contact Interventions, PLOS Comp. Biol. 18, e1010171 (2022), arXiv:2109.10970, GitHub repo
16. L. Böttcher, N. Antulov-Fantulin, T. Asikis, AI Pontryagin or how artificial neural networks learn to control dynamical systems, Nat. Commun. 13, 333 (2022), arXiv:2103.06525, GitHub repo
17. L. Böttcher, M. R. D'Orsogna, T. Chou, A statistical model of COVID-19 testing in populations: effects of sampling bias and testing errors, Philos. Trans. Royal Soc. A 380, 20210121 (2021), medRxiv:2021.05.22.21257643, arXiv:2105.11961, GitHub repo
18. L. Böttcher, J. Nagler, Decisive Conditions for Strategic Vaccination against SARS-CoV-2, Chaos 31, 101105 (2021), medRxiv:2021.03.05.21252962, GitHub repo
19. L. Böttcher, G. Kernell, Examining the Limits of the Condorcet Jury Theorem: Tradeoffs in Hierarchical Information Aggregation Systems, Collect. Intell. 1, 1--16 (2022), arXiv:2110.02298
20. D. Wernli, M. Clausin, N. Antulov-Fantulin, J. Berezowski, N. Biller, K. Blanchet, L. Böttcher, C. Burton-Jeangros, G. Escher, A. Flahault, K. Fukuda, D. Helbing, P. D. Jaffé, P. S. Jørgensen, Y. Kaspiarovich, J. Krishnakumar, J. Berezowski, R. J. Lawrence, K. Lee, A. Léger, N. Levrat, R. Martischang, C. M. Morel, D. Pittet, M. Stauffer, F. Tediosi, F. Vanackere, J.-D. Vassalli, G. Wolff, O. Young, Building a multisystemic understanding of societal resilience to the COVID-19 pandemic, BMJ Glob. Health 6, e006794 (2021)
21. L. Böttcher, M. R. D'Orsogna, T. Chou, Using excess deaths and testing statistics to determine estimates of COVID-19 mortalities, Eur. J. Epidemiol. 36, 545--558 (2021), medRxiv:2021.01.10.21249524, arXiv:2101.03467, GitHub repo
22. L. Böttcher, M. A. Porter, Classical and quantum random-walk centrality measures in multilayer networks, SIAM J. Appl. Math. 81, 2704--2724 (2021), arXiv:2012.07157, Gitlab repo
23. S. Wald, L. Böttcher, From classical to quantum walks with stochastic resetting on networks, Phys. Rev. E 103, 012122 (2021), arXiv:2008.00510, GitHub repo
24. T. Asikis, L. Böttcher, N. Antulov-Fantulin, Neural ordinary differential equation control of dynamics on graphs, Phys. Rev. Res. 4, 013221 (2022), arXiv:2006.09773, GitHub repo
25. P. Richter, M. Henkel, L. Böttcher, Aging and equilibration in bistable contagion dynamics, Phys. Rev. E 102, 042308 (2020), arXiv:2006.05937
26. S.D.S. Reis, L. Böttcher, J.P. da C. Nogueira, G.S. Sousa, A.S. Lima Neto, H.J. Herrmann, J.S. Andrade Jr, Spatio-temporal characteristics of dengue outbreaks, Front. Phys. 10, 923099 (2022), arXiv:2006.02646
27. L. Böttcher, M. Xia, T. Chou, Why case fatality ratios can be misleading: individual- and population-based mortality estimates and factors influencing them, Phys. Biol. 17, 065003 (2020), arXiv:2003.12032, medRxiv:2020.03.26.20044693
28. L. Böttcher, N. Antulov-Fantulin, Unifying continuous, discrete, and susceptible-infected-recovered processes on networks, Phys. Rev. Res. 2, 033121 (2020), arXiv:2002.11765
29. L. Böttcher, H. Gersbach, A Refunding Scheme to Incentivize Narrow-Spectrum Antibiotic Development, Bull. Math. Biol. 84, 59 (2022), arXiv:2007.06468, medRxiv:2020.07.13.20152652, CEPR:DP15512
30. F. D'Angelo, L. Böttcher, Learning the Ising Model with Generative Neural Networks, Phys. Rev. Res. 2, 023266 (2020), arXiv:2001.05361, GitHub repo
31. L. Böttcher, A Random-Line-Graph Approach to Overlapping Line Segments, J. Complex Netw. 8, cnaa029 (2020), arXiv:1911.10679
32. S. Nauer, L. Böttcher, M. A. Porter, Random-Graph Models and Characterization of Granular Networks, J. Complex Netw. 8, cnz037 (2019), arXiv:1907.13424
33. S. Xu, L. Böttcher, T. Chou, Diversity in biology: definitions, quantification, and models, Phys. Biol. 17, 031001 (2020), arXiv:1908.08190
34. L. Böttcher, H. Gersbach, The Great Divide: Quantifying Drivers of Polarization in the US Public, EPJ Data Sci. 9, 32 (2020), arXiv:2001.05163, GitLab repo
35. L. Böttcher, P. Montealegre, E. Goles, H. Gersbach, Competing Activists--Political Polarization, Physica A 545, 123713 (2019), arXiv:1910.14531
36. S. Strub, L. Böttcher, Modeling Deformed Transmission Lines for Continuous Strain Sensing Applications, Meas. Sci. Technol. 31, 035109 (2019), arXiv:1912.13319
37. M. Hoferer, L. Böttcher, H.J. Herrmann, H. Gersbach, The Impact of Technologies in Political Campaigns, Physica A 538, 122795 (2019), arXiv:1909.07644
38. L. Böttcher, H.J. Herrmann, H. Gersbach, Clout, Activists and Budget: The Road to Presidency, PLOS One 13(3):e0193199. (2018), arXiv:1802.02048
39. L. Böttcher, H.J. Herrmann, M. Henkel, Dynamical universality of the contact process, J. Phys. A 51, 125003 (2018), arXiv:1802.00037
40. L. Böttcher, J. S. Andrade Jr., H.J. Herrmann, Targeted Recovery as an Effective Strategy against Epidemic Spreading, Sci. Rep. 7, 14356 (2017), arXiv:1710.05807
41. L. Böttcher, J. Nagler, H.J. Herrmann, Critical Behaviors in Contagion Dynamics, Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 088301 (2017), arXiv:1701.08988, GitHub repo
42. L. Böttcher, O. Woolley-Meza, D. Brockmann, Temporal dynamics of online petitions, PLOS One 12(5):e0178062. (2017), arXiv:1705.04202
43. L. Böttcher, M. Lukovic, J. Nagler, S. Havlin, H.J. Herrmann, Failure and recovery in dynamical networks, Sci. Rep. 7, 41729 (2017), arXiv:1610.00997
44. L. Böttcher, O. Woolley-Meza, E. Goles, D. Helbing, H.J. Herrmann, Connectivity disruption sparks explosive epidemic spreading, Phys. Rev. E 93, 042315 (2016), arXiv:1604.07783
45. L. Böttcher, N.A.M. Araújo, J. Nagler, J.F.F. Mendes, D. Helbing, H.J. Herrmann, Gender gap in the ERASMUS mobility program, PLOS One 11(2):e0149514. (2016), arXiv:1602.01442
46. L. Böttcher, O. Woolley-Meza, N.A.M. Araújo, H.J. Herrmann, D. Helbing, Disease-induced resource constraints can trigger explosive epidemics, Sci. Rep. 5, 16571 (2015), arXiv:1508.05484, ssrn.2496128
47. R. Mani, L. Böttcher, H.J. Herrmann, D. Helbing, Extreme power law in a driven many-particle system without threshold dynamics, Phys. Rev. E 90, 042201 (2014), arXiv:1404.7460