RT Journal Article
T1 An optimal control model to design strategies for reducing the spread of the Ebola virus disease
A1 Seck, Rama
A1 Ngom, Diène
A1 Ivorra, Benjamín Pierre Paul
A1 Ramos Del Olmo, Ángel Manuel
AB In this work, we formulate an epidemiological model for studying the spread of Ebola virus disease in a considered territory. This model includes the effect of various control measures, such as: vaccination, education campaigns, early detection campaigns, increase of sanitary measures in hospital, quarantine of infected individuals and restriction of movement between geographical areas. Using optimal control theory, we determine an optimal control strategy which aims to reduce the number of infected individuals, according to some operative restrictions (e.g., economical, logistic, etc.). Furthermore, we study the existence and uniqueness of the optimal control. Finally, we illustrate the interest of the obtained results by considering numerical experiments based on real data.
PB AIMS Press
SN 1551-0018
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/115238
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/115238
LA eng
NO Special Issue: Modeling, analysis, and control of epidemics in networks
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
DS Docta Complutense
RD 23 abr 2025