Model predictive control for optimal social distancing in a type SIR-switched model

JE Sereno, A D'Jorge, A Ferramosca… - Ifac-papersonline, 2021 - Elsevier
Social distancing strategies have been adopted by governments to manage the COVID-19
pandemic, since the first outbreak began. However, further epidemic waves keep out the …

Minimizing the infected peak utilizing a single lockdown: a technical result regarding equal peaks

JM Greene, ED Sontag - 2022 American Control Conference …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to the usage of social distancing as a means to control the spread of the novel
coronavirus disease COVID-19, there has been a large amount of research into the …

On the problem of minimizing the epidemic final size for SIR model by social distancing

PA Bliman, A Rapaport - IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2023 - Elsevier
We revisit the problem of minimizing the epidemic final size in the SIR model through social
distancing. In the existing literature, this problem has been considered by imposing a priori …

A Sequential Quadratic Programming Approach for the Predictive Control of the COVID-19 Spread

MM Morato, GNG Dos Reis, JE Normey-Rico - Ifac-papersonline, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic is the defying crisis of our time. Since mass vaccination has not yet
been established, countries still have been facing many issues due to the viral spread. Even …