Bifurcation analysis and optimal control of a network-based SIR model with the impact of medical resources
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Fang Wang
North University of China
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1991-3988
Maoxing Liu
North University of China
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3342-7209
Lei Zhang
North University of China
Boli Xie
North University of China
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4455-4526
Published 2023-02-22
https://doi.org/10.15388/namc.2023.28.30770
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Keywords

medical resources
network
SIR model
backward bifurcation
optimal control

How to Cite

Wang, F. (2023) “Bifurcation analysis and optimal control of a network-based SIR model with the impact of medical resources”, Nonlinear Analysis: Modelling and Control, 28(2), pp. 209–227. doi:10.15388/namc.2023.28.30770.

Abstract

A new network-based SIR epidemic model, which incorporates the individual medical resource factor and public medical resource factor is proposed. It is verified that the larger the public medical resource factor, the smaller the control reproduction number, and the larger individual medical resource factor can weaken the spread of diseases. We found that the control reproduction number below unity is not enough to ensure global asymptotic stability of the disease-free equilibrium. When the number of hospital beds or the individual medical resource factor is small enough, the system will undergoes backward bifurcation. Moreover, the existence and uniqueness of the optimal control and two time-varying variables’s optimal solutions are obtained. On the scale-free network, the level of optimal control is also proved to be different for different degrees. Finally, the theoretical results are illustrated by numerical simulations. This study suggests that maintaining sufficient both public medical resources and individual medical resources is crucial for the control of infectious diseases.

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