Optimal control of treatments in a two-strain tuberculosis model

Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series B

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 473-482

  Jung, E ^a   Lenhart, S ^a,b   Feng, Z ^c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic Resistance; Mathematical Model; Optimal Control; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042762770     PISSN: 15313492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3934/dcdsb.2002.2.473     Document Type: Article

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