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ArticleComputer methods and programs in biomedicine2023

Interval type-2 Fuzzy control and stochastic modeling of COVID-19 spread based on vaccination and social distancing rates.

H Rafiei, A Salehi, F Baghbani, P Parsa, M-R Akbarzadeh-T

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Article in Computer methods and programs in biomedicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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H RafieiDepartments of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Center of Excellence on Soft Computing and Intelligent Information Processing (SCIIP), Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
A SalehiDepartments of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Center of Excellence on Soft Computing and Intelligent Information Processing (SCIIP), Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
F BaghbaniDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran.
P ParsaDepartments of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Center of Excellence on Soft Computing and Intelligent Information Processing (SCIIP), Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
M-R Akbarzadeh-TDepartments of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Center of Excellence on Soft Computing and Intelligent Information Processing (SCIIP), Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran. Electronic address: akbazar@um.ac.ir.
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad · IRSemnan University · IR

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Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

objectiveBesides efforts on vaccine discovery, robust and intuitive government policies could also significantly influence the pandemic state. However, such policies require realistic virus spread models, and the major works on COVID-19 to date have been only case-specific and use deterministic models. Additionally, when a disease affects large portions of the population, countries develop extensive infrastructures to contain the condition that should adapt continuously and extend the healthcare system's capabilities. An accurate mathematical model that reasonably addresses these complex treatment/population dynamics and their corresponding environmental uncertainties is necessary for making appropriate and robust strategic decisions.

methodsHere, we propose an interval type-2 fuzzy stochastic modeling and control strategy to deal with the realistic uncertainties of pandemics and manage the size of the infected population. For this purpose, we first modify a previously established COVID-19 model with definite parameters to a Stochastic SEIAR (S

resultsThe results show the robustness and efficiency of the proposed method in the presence of up to 1% noise and 50% disturbance in tracking the desired size of the infected population. The proposed method is compared to Proportional Derivative (PD), Proportional Integral Derivative (PID), and type-1 fuzzy controllers. In the first scenario, both fuzzy controllers perform more smoothly despite PD and PID controllers reaching a lower mean squared error (MSE). Meanwhile, the proposed controller outperforms PD, PID, and the type-1 fuzzy controller for the MSE and decision policies for the second scenario.

conclusionsThe proposed approach explains how we should decide on social distancing and vaccination rate policies during pandemics against the prevalent uncertainties in disease detection and reporting.

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AlgorithmsCOVID-19Computer SimulationFuzzy LogicHumansPhysical DistancingVaccinationCOVID-19Pandemic ControlSocial distancingStochastic ModelingType-2 fuzzy logicVaccination

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PMID36889249
PMCPMC9951621
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