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ArticleChaos, solitons, and fractals2020

Mathematical modeling of the spread of COVID-19 among different age groups in Morocco: Optimal control approach for intervention strategies.

Driss Kada, Abdelfatah Kouidere, Omar Balatif, Mostafa Rachik, El Houssine Labriji

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Article in Chaos, solitons, and fractals, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Nonlinear adaptive control of COVID-19 with media campaigns and treatment.Biochemical and biophysical research communications · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Driss KadaLaboratory of Information Technology and Modeling, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Faculty of Sciences Ben M'Sik, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco.
Abdelfatah KouidereLaboratory of Analysis Modeling and Simulation, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science,Faculty of Sciences Ben M'Sik, Hassan II University, Sidi Othman, Casablanca, Morocco.
Omar BalatifLaboratory of Dynamical Systems,Mathematical Engineering Team (INMA), Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Sciences El Jadida, Chouaib Doukkali University, El Jadida, Morocco.
Mostafa RachikLaboratory of Analysis Modeling and Simulation, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science,Faculty of Sciences Ben M'Sik, Hassan II University, Sidi Othman, Casablanca, Morocco.
El Houssine LabrijiLaboratory of Information Technology and Modeling, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Faculty of Sciences Ben M'Sik, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco.
University of Hassan II Casablanca · MAChouaib Doukkali University · MA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this article, we study the transmission of COVID-19 in the human population, notably between potential people and infected people of all age groups. Our objective is to reduce the number of infected people, in addition to increasing the number of individuals who recovered from the virus and are protected. We propose a mathematical model with control strategies using two variables of controls that represent respectively, the treatment of patients infected with COVID-19 by subjecting them to quarantine within hospitals and special places and using masks to cover the sensitive body parts. Pontryagin's Maximum principle is used to characterize the optimal controls and the optimality system is solved by an iterative method. Finally, numerical simulations are presented with controls and without controls. Our results indicate that the implementation of the strategy that combines all the control variables adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO), produces excellent results similar to those achieved on the ground in Morocco.

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Age groupsCOVID-19Mathematical modelOptimal controlPontryagin’s maximum principle

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PMID33519111
PMCPMC7837056
OpenAlexW3096631414

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