Optimization of chemotherapy using hybrid optimal control and swarm intelligence

PG Samy, J Kanesan, ZC Tiu - IEEe Access, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This study aimed to minimize the tumor cell population using minimal medicine for
chemotherapy treatment, while maintaining the effector-immune cell population at a healthy …

Optimal regulation of tumour-associated neutrophils in cancer progression

AA de Los Reyes, Y Kim - Royal Society open science, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
In a tumour microenvironment, tumour-associated neutrophils could display two opposing
differential phenotypes: anti-tumour (N1) and pro-tumour (N2) effector cells. Converting N2 …

Optimal control and computational method for the resolution of isoperimetric problem in a discrete-time SIRS system

F El Kihal, I Abouelkheir, M Rachik… - Mathematical and …, 2018 - mdpi.com
We consider a discrete-time susceptible-infected-removed-susceptible “again”(SIRS)
epidemic model, and we introduce an optimal control function to seek the best control policy …

Time needed to control an epidemic with restricted resources in SIR model with short-term controlled population: A fixed point method for a free isoperimetric optimal …

I Abouelkheir, F El Kihal, M Rachik… - Mathematical and …, 2018 - mdpi.com
In this paper, we attempt to determine the optimal duration of an anti-epidemic control
strategy which targets susceptible people, under the isoperimetric condition that we could …

A stochastic optimal control model for BCG immunotherapy in superficial bladder cancer

R Aboulaich, A Darouichi, I Elmouki… - … Modelling of Natural …, 2017 - mmnp-journal.org
Urologic studies have reported in several papers that the optimal dose of Bacillus Calmette-
Guérin (BCG) immunotherapy in superficial bladder cancer, is still a subject of research. Our …

Analysis of a mathematical model of periodically pulsed chemotherapy treatment

GP Samanta, RG Aíza, S Sharma - International Journal of Dynamics and …, 2017 - Springer
In this paper, we have considered competition models describing tumor–normal–immune
cell interaction with the added effects of periodically pulsed chemotherapy. The parametric …

[HTML][HTML] Design immune robust integral signum of the error controller for cancer tumor growth treatment based on improved crow search algorithm

MA Hussein, EH Karam - e-Prime-Advances in Electrical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cancer is one of the most common diseases around the world, which is difficult to treat due
to the versatility and adaptability of cancer cells for facing normal cell death and the …

Free terminal time optimal control problem for the treatment of HIV infection

A Hamdache, S Saadi, I Elmouki - … of Optimization and Control: Theories & …, 2016 - ijocta.org
In this work, an optimal control approach is presented in order to propose an optimal therapy
for the treatment HIV infection using a combination of two appropriate treatment strategies …

An optimal control approach for the interaction of immune checkpoints, immune system, and BCG in the treatment of superficial bladder cancer

FT Saad, E Hincal - The European Physical Journal Plus, 2018 - Springer
One of the major setbacks in BCG immunotherapy of bladder cancer is the action of immune
checkpoints on the immune system. They suppress the activated immune cells from …

Metaheuristics and Pontryagin's minimum principle for optimal therapeutic protocols in cancer immunotherapy: a case study and methods comparison

S Sarv Ahrabi, A Momenzadeh - Journal of Mathematical Biology, 2020 - Springer
In this paper, the performance appropriateness of population-based metaheuristics for
immunotherapy protocols is investigated on a comparative basis while the goal is to …