Ibrahim M. Hezam1,2,*
CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.67, No.1, pp. 1153-1167, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.014710
- 12 January 2021
Abstract Since COVID-19 was declared as a pandemic in March 2020, the world’s major preoccupation has been to curb it while preserving the economy and reducing unemployment. This paper uses a novel Bi-Level Dynamic Optimal Control model (BLDOC) to coordinate control between COVID-19 and unemployment. The COVID-19 model is the upper level while the unemployment model is the lower level of the bi-level dynamic optimal control model. The BLDOC model’s main objectives are to minimize the number of individuals infected with COVID-19 and to minimize the unemployed individuals, and at the same time minimizing the cost… More >