Eradication of Ebola Based on Dynamic Programming

Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine

Volumn 2016, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Zhu, Jia Ming ^a   Wang, Lu ^a   Liu, Jia Bao ^b  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b ANHUI JIANZHU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; VIRUSES;

DIJKSTRA ALGORITHMS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING METHODS; NON-LINEAR INCIDENCE RATES; PRODUCTION COST; SHORTAGE COST; STORAGE COSTS; TREATMENT CAPACITY; WEST AFRICA;

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING;

AFRICA; EBOLAVIRUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MODEL; STORAGE; ALGORITHM; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE ERADICATION; EPIDEMICS; GENETICS; GUINEA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; LIBERIA; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SIERRA LEONE; THEORETICAL MODEL; VIROLOGY;

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ALGORITHMS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE ERADICATION; EBOLAVIRUS; EPIDEMICS; GUINEA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIBERIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; SIERRA LEONE;

EID: 84975168876     PISSN: 1748670X     EISSN: 17486718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2016/1580917     Document Type: Article

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