Eradication of Ebola Based on Dynamic Programming

This paper mainly studies the eradication of the Ebola virus, proposing a scientific system, including three modules for the eradication of Ebola virus. Firstly, we build a basic model combined with nonlinear incidence rate and maximum treatment capacity. Secondly, we use the dynamic programming met...

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Published in:Computational and mathematical methods in medicine 2016-01, Vol.2016 (2016), p.1-9
Main Authors: Zhu, Jia-Ming, Liu, Jia-Bao, Wang, Lu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Africa, Western
Algorithms
Antiviral Agents - therapeutic use
Communicable Disease Control - methods
Computer Simulation
Disease Eradication - methods
Ebolavirus - genetics
Epidemics - prevention & control
Guinea
Health Services Accessibility
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - epidemiology
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - therapy
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - virology
Humans
Incidence
Liberia
Models, Theoretical
Program Development
Public Health
Public Health Informatics
Sierra Leone
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Summary:This paper mainly studies the eradication of the Ebola virus, proposing a scientific system, including three modules for the eradication of Ebola virus. Firstly, we build a basic model combined with nonlinear incidence rate and maximum treatment capacity. Secondly, we use the dynamic programming method and the Dijkstra Algorithm to set up M-S (storage) and several delivery locations in West Africa. Finally, we apply the previous results to calculate the total cost, production cost, storage cost, and shortage cost.
ISSN:1748-670X
1748-6718
DOI:10.1155/2016/1580917