Application of optimal control to the epidemiology of malaria

Malaria is a deadly disease transmitted to humans through the bite of infected female mosquitoes. In this paper a deterministic system of differential equations is presented and studied for the transmission of malaria. Then optimal control theory is applied to investigate optimal strategies for...

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Main Authors: Folashade B. Agusto, Nizar Marcus, Kazeem O. Okosun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Texas State University 2012-05-01
Series:Electronic Journal of Differential Equations
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Online Access:http://ejde.math.txstate.edu/Volumes/2012/81/abstr.html