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OPTIMAL CONTROL ANALYSIS FOR THE MERS-COV OUTBREAK: SOUTH KOREA PERSPECTIVES

  • LEE, DONGHO (DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS GRADUATE SCHOOL, KYUNGPOOK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY) ;
  • MASUD, M.A. (INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCE, UNITED INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY) ;
  • KIM, BYUL NIM (DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS, KYUNGPOOK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY) ;
  • OH, CHUNYOUNG (DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS EDUCATION, CHONNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY)
  • Received : 2017.06.29
  • Accepted : 2017.09.14
  • Published : 2017.09.25
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Abstract

This paper presents the mathematical model for the MERS-CoV outbreak in South Korea, and the optimal control for two intervention strategies (contact, hospitalization) is implemented. After the MERS-CoV outbreak, hospitalizing infected individuals did not help to prevent the spread of infection. However, the intervention to control contact was effective. It was effective the intervention to controlling both of contact and hospitalization of infection population.

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