A spatial epidemic model with contact and mobility restrictions
Ferraccioli F, Stilianakis NI, Veliov VM (2024)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2024
Journal
Book Volume: 30
Pages Range: 284-302
Journal Issue: 1
DOI: 10.1080/13873954.2024.2341693
Abstract
Several spatiotemporal epidemic models have described how contact and mobility restrictions have a dynamic effect on morbidity and mortality of fast transmitting pathogens in epidemics. Despite this, there have been rather limited contributions looking at policy optimization. This work combines a new spatiotemporal epidemic model of a heterogeneous mixed population located at different places with an optimal control approach to show the effects of contact and mobility restrictions under policy optimization. The objective of optimization not only includes epidemiological but also socio-economic implications of the restrictions. Several scenarios are numerically investigated, and the dependence of the optimal policy on some basic epidemiological parameters is analysed. The results illustrate the strong impact of spatial heterogeneity on optimal policy measures. An analysis of the stability of the disease-free equilibrium of the model is also presented.
Involved external institutions
European Commission - Joint Research Centre (JRC)
Netherlands (NL)
Technische Universität Wien / Vienna University of Technology
Austria (AT)
Netherlands (NL)
Technische Universität Wien / Vienna University of Technology
Austria (AT)
How to cite
APA:
Ferraccioli, F., Stilianakis, N.I., & Veliov, V.M. (2024). A spatial epidemic model with contact and mobility restrictions. Mathematical and Computer Modelling of Dynamical Systems, 30(1), 284-302. https://doi.org/10.1080/13873954.2024.2341693
MLA:
Ferraccioli, Federico, Nikolaos I. Stilianakis, and Vladimir M. Veliov. "A spatial epidemic model with contact and mobility restrictions." Mathematical and Computer Modelling of Dynamical Systems 30.1 (2024): 284-302.
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