The review of spreading dynamics on multilayer coupled networks

For a long time, spreading dynamics is a very important subject in network science. Recent studies on the spreading dynamics on the multilayer coupled networks attract attention both at home and abroad. This review article introduces the progress of spreading dynamics on the multilayer coupled networks and some open questions, mainly focusing on the following four aspects: (1) biological spreading on the multilayer coupled networks; (2) social contagion on the multilayer coupled networks; (3) biological-social coupling transmission on the multilayer coupled networks; and (4) some problems on multilayer coupled networks. These episodes of research from a new angle of multilayer coupled network deepened our understanding of the real propagations. The problems discussed here will help to clear the direction of next stage.