An eradication time problem for the SIR model (Q2232737)

This paper considered a SIR model with vaccination rate. Firstly, the controlled SIR system was studied and verify the existence of an optimal vaccination rate for any given initial conditions. Secondly, the unique viscosity solution \(u\) of the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equation was obtained. Then the differentiability of the unique viscosity solution was given. Finally, the authors employ the value function \(u\) to verify the necessary conditions which follow from Pontryagin's maximum principle.