Optimized Lockdown Strategies for Curbing the Spread of COVID-19: A South African Case Study

To curb the spread of COVID-19, many governments around the world have implemented tiered lockdowns with varying degrees of stringency. Lockdown levels are typically increased when the disease spreads and reduced when the disease abates. A predictive control approach is used to develop optimized loc...

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Main Authors: Laurentz E. Olivier, Stefan Botha, Ian K. Craig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2020-01-01
Series:IEEE Access
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9256251/