Optimal Vaccination Policies for an SIR Model with Limited Resources

Acta Biotheoretica

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 171-181

  Zhou, Yinggao ^a   Yang, Kuan ^b   Zhou, Kai ^a   Liang, Yiting ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Limited vaccine supply; Maximum principle; Optimal control; SIR model; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; THEORETICAL MODEL; VACCINATION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 84899940609     PISSN: 00015342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10441-014-9216-x     Document Type: Article

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