Optimal immunization rules for an epidemic with recovery

DOI10.1007/BF00933440zbMath0378.49006MaRDI QIDQ1246895

K. H. Wickwire

Publication date: 1979

Published in: Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Optimal stochastic control (93E20) Existence of optimal solutions belonging to restricted classes (Lipschitz controls, bang-bang controls, etc.) (49J30) Existence theories for optimal control problems involving ordinary differential equations (49J15) Hamilton-Jacobi theories (49L99)

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