Title :
A nonlinear SEIR epidemic model with feedback vaccination control
Author :
Nistal, Raul ; De la Sen, Manuel ; Alonso-Quesada, S. ; Ibeas, Asier
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron., Basque Country Univ. Spain, Spain
Abstract :
A mathematical model describing a generic disease is introduced and the dynamics of the subpopulations are studied. Through linearization of the continuous-time model, the stability of the equilibrium points and the characteristics of the disease are defined properly. Due to the nature of the disease, the model is discretized in order to apply some adaptive vaccination strategies involving feedback loops. Furthermore, such techniques are compared to the traditional regular-vaccination strategies. The obtained results indicate a possible improvement in the use of the adaptive strategies for vaccination.
Keywords :
continuous time systems; diseases; feedback; linearisation techniques; medical control systems; stability; adaptive vaccination strategy; continuous-time model; equilibrium point stability; feedback loops; feedback vaccination control; generic disease; mathematical model; nonlinear SEIR epidemic model; regular-vaccination strategy; subpopulation dynamics; Biological system modeling; Diseases; Equations; Jacobian matrices; Mathematical model; Sociology; Statistics;
Conference_Titel :
Control Conference (ECC), 2014 European
Conference_Location :
Strasbourg
Print_ISBN :
978-3-9524269-1-3
DOI :
10.1109/ECC.2014.6862291