Insecticide control in a Dengue epidemics model
Optimization and Control
2010-09-23 v1 Populations and Evolution
Abstract
A model for the transmission of dengue disease is presented. It consists of eight mutually-exclusive compartments representing the human and vector dynamics. It also includes a control parameter (insecticide) in order to fight the mosquitoes. The main goal of this work is to investigate the best way to apply the control in order to effectively reduce the number of infected humans and mosquitoes. A case study, using data of the outbreak that occurred in 2009 in Cape Verde, is presented.
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@article{arxiv.1007.5159,
title = {Insecticide control in a Dengue epidemics model},
author = {Helena Sofia Rodrigues and M. Teresa T. Monteiro and Delfim F. M. Torres},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1007.5159},
year = {2010}
}
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Accepted 28/07/2010 in the special session "Numerical Optimization" of the 8th International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics (ICNAAM 2010), Rhodes, Greece, 19-25 September 2010