Optimal control of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes by the sterile insect technique and insecticide

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-23

  Thomé, Roberto C A ^a   Yang, Hyun Mo ^b   Esteva, Lourdes ^c  

^a CENTRO FEDERAL DE EDUCAÇÃO TECNOLÓGICA CELSO SUCKOW DA FONSECA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Insecticide; Mathematical modeling; Optimal control; Pontryagin's Maximum Principle; Sterile insect technique

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; PONTRYAGIN'S MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE; STERILE INSECT TECHNIQUES;

COST REDUCTION; INSECTICIDES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE; OPTIMIZATION; POPULATION STATISTICS;

MOSQUITO CONTROL;

INSECTICIDE;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; INSECTICIDE; IRRADIATION; MOSQUITO; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; INSECT CONTROL; IRRADIATION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; VECTOR CONTROL;

AEDES; ANIMALS; DENGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, ECONOMIC; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL;

AEDES AEGYPTI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 72449202600     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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