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A Novel Heuristic Algorithm for the Modeling and Risk Assessment of the COVID-19 Pandemic Phenomenon

Panagiotis G. Asteris^1,*, Maria G. Douvika¹, Chrysoula A. Karamani¹, Athanasia D. Skentou¹, Katerina Chlichlia², Liborio Cavaleri³, Tryfon Daras⁴, Danial J. Armaghani⁵, Theoklis E. Zaoutis⁶

1 Computational Mechanics Laboratory, School of Pedagogical and Technological Education, Athens, 15122, Greece
2 Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
3 Department of Civil, Environmental, Aerospace and Materials Engineering, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
4 School of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece
5 Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
6 Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, PHL, USA

* Corresponding Authors: Panagiotis G. Asteris. Email: ;