Constrained minimization problems for the reproduction number in meta-population models

DOI10.1007/s00285-018-1216-zzbMath1406.37065OpenAlexW2788110120WikidataQ49994028 ScholiaQ49994028MaRDI QIDQ1633939

John W. Glasser, Gayane Poghotanyan, Andrew N. Hill, Zhilan Feng

Publication date: 21 December 2018

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://europepmc.org/articles/pmc6092264

zbMATH Keywords

optimization problemepidemiologymeta-population modelvaccination strategyconvexity of reproduction number

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Epidemiology (92D30) Dynamical systems in biology (37N25) Population dynamics (general) (92D25) Control problems involving ordinary differential equations (34H05) Existence theories for optimal control problems involving ordinary differential equations (49J15)

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