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ArticleBiomedical signal processing and control2021

Potentials of constrained sliding mode control as an intervention guide to manage COVID19 spread.

Sebastián Nuñez, Fernando A Inthamoussou, Fernando Valenciaga, Hernán De Battista, Fabricio Garelli

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Article in Biomedical signal processing and control, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 authors.

Sebastián NuñezGrupo de Control Aplicado, Instituto LEICI, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional de La Plata - CONICET, Argentina.
Fernando A InthamoussouGrupo de Control Aplicado, Instituto LEICI, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional de La Plata - CONICET, Argentina.
Fernando ValenciagaGrupo de Control Aplicado, Instituto LEICI, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional de La Plata - CONICET, Argentina.
Hernán De BattistaGrupo de Control Aplicado, Instituto LEICI, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional de La Plata - CONICET, Argentina.
Fabricio GarelliGrupo de Control Aplicado, Instituto LEICI, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional de La Plata - CONICET, Argentina.

Funding

STRENGTHENING INFLUENZA SURVEILLANCE AND PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESSU51IP000837 · IP · MINISTRY OF HEALTH / KYRGYZ REPUBLIC · PI USENBAEV, NURBOLOT · 2013 to 2015
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NCIRD CDC HHS U51 IP000837
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This work evaluates the potential of using sliding mode reference conditioning (SMRC) techniques as a guide for non-pharmaceutical intervention (NPI) to control the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, for the epidemiological problem addressed here, it is used to compute the contact rate reduction requirement in order to limit the infectious population to a given threshold. The SMRC controller allows the desired output variable limit and its approaching rate to be tuned explicitly. Implementation issues are taken into account and a periodically update of the NPI is proposed for the real life application. The strategy is evaluated under different scenarios where its distinctive features are exhibited.

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ControlCOVID-19LockdownPandemic

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PMID33727950
PMCPMC7945868

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