Research

Life Sciences & Biotechnology

Title :

Agent based spatial modelling of COVID-19 pandemic for urban areas

Area of research :

COVID-19 Research, Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Mathematical Sciences

Focus area :

Mathematical modelling for COVID-19

Principal Investigator :

Dr Wilfred Godfrey Wilson, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management (ABV-IIITM), Gwalior

Timeline Start Year :

2020

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Executive Summary :

This work proposes (1) a multi-agent spatial model for epidemic diffusion, (2) a control theoretic approach for choosing the right lockdown strategy and deciding on the duration of implementation of a strategy and, (3) to apply fuzzy logic to make the model more realistic with uncertainties with respect to agent decisions.

Outcome/Output:

The SEIRD model defines that human agents are in any one of the states such as susceptible, exposed, infected, recovered or dead states and these states change with time.

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