• Title of article

    An Analysis of the COVID-19 Contagion Growth in European Countries

  • Author/Authors

    Shirouyehzad, Hadi Department of Industrial Engineering - Najafabad Branch - Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran , Jouzdani, Javid Department of Industrial Engineering - Golpayegan University of Tec,hnology Golpayegan, Iran , Khodadadi-Karimvand, Mazdak Department of Industrial Engineering - Najafabad Branch - Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran

  • Pages
    9
  • From page
    11
  • To page
    19
  • Abstract
    The COVID-19 pandemic has affected many people around the globe. Europe, as one of the most seriously affected continents, has been struggling with the novel coronavirus for several months. Obviously, outbreak response management plays a critical role in the impact of the disease. Therefore, in this paper, Malmquist Productivity Index is used to evaluate the performance of the most severely affected European countries based on the average contagion rate. The results rank the countries and provides insight for the future.
  • Keywords
    Outbreak Response Management , COVID-19 , Contagion Control , Data Envelopment Analysis , Malmquist Productivity Index , Performance Evaluation
  • Journal title
    IJO: Iranian Journal of Optimization
  • Serial Year
    2020
  • Record number

    2524178