Title :
Optimization of the investment in educational campaigns in the control of insect transmitted diseases
Author :
De Souza, J. A M Felippe ; Yoneyama, Takashi
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Engenharia Electromecanica, Univ. da Beira Interior, Covilha, Portugal
Abstract :
We present two quantitative methods for the optimization of the investment spent in educational campaigns for the control of epidemiologic diseases. An extension of the Nerlove Arrow equation, used originally in the field of marketing, is adopted as the mathematical model for the description of the degree of motivation of the general population towards elimination of the still water used by mosquitoes for reproduction. The investment policy is computed in such a way as to minimize the overall cost functional, which includes the cost of educational campaigns, the cost of sanitary campaigns, and the incurred social costs when individuals acquire the disease. Two procedures to solve the optimization problem are shown: optimal control theory, and sub-optimal approach. The mathematical model presented can be used in specialist courses
Keywords :
biomedical education; costing; health care; investment; operations research; optimal control; optimisation; Nerlove Arrow equation; cost functional; educational campaigns; epidemiologic disease control; insect transmitted diseases; investment policy; mathematical model; mosquitoes; optimal control; optimization; social costs; Biomedical engineering education; Epidemiology; Medical services; Operations research; Optimal control; Optimization methods;
Conference_Titel :
Control Applications, 1994., Proceedings of the Third IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Glasgow
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1872-2
DOI :
10.1109/CCA.1994.381463
