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Optimal Control and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Measles Transmission

  • Moustafa El-Shahed,
  • Raseel Al-Qubaysi and
  • Yousef Alnafisah

8 October 2026

This study develops and analyzes a deterministic compartmental model for measles transmission incorporating two-dose vaccination, imperfect dose-specific vaccine protection, breakthrough infection, and nonlinear saturated incidence. The population is...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modeling, Control and Optimization of Biological Systems)
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  • Open Access
690 Views
24 Pages

This paper develops an optimal control framework for a mechanical–structural model of bone remodeling that couples osteocytes, osteoblasts, and osteoclasts with bone density, incorporating porosity-dependent feedback mechanisms. To represent cl...

(This article belongs to the Section Computational Biology)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
819 Views
26 Pages

23 March 2026

In this study, we examine the effectiveness of combining interleukin-2 (IL-2) with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in controlling HIV replication. A mathematical model of the immune system is developed to analyze immune recovery when IL-...

(This article belongs to the Topic Modeling, Stability, and Control of Dynamic Systems and Their Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
9,708 Views
21 Pages

Cost Effectiveness Analysis of Optimal Malaria Control Strategies in Kenya

  • Gabriel Otieno,
  • Joseph K. Koske and
  • John M. Mutiso

Malaria remains a leading cause of mortality and morbidity among the children under five and pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa, but it is preventable and controllable provided current recommended interventions are properly implemented. Better util...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Optimal Control and Management of Infectious Diseases)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
148 Views
8 Pages

Optimal Control of Combined Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy in a Tumor–Immune Model with Sensitivity Analysis

  • G. V. R. K. Vithanage,
  • M. A. Y. Iwanthi,
  • H. P. S. M. Caldera,
  • D. M. D. K. Dissanayaka and ,
  • Indika Gihan Gunawardhana Ilandari Dewage,
  • A. R. Adhikari and
  • M. M. K. Ranpati Dewage
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

This work investigates an optimal control framework for a tumor–immune–chemotherapy model to explore strategies that improve treatment outcomes while minimizing drug toxicity. We consider a system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations describi...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 2nd International Online Conference on Mathematics and Applications (IOCMA 2026))
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  • Open Access
319 Views
20 Pages

Mastitis remains one of the most important infectious diseases affecting dairy cows, with substantial consequences for animal health, milk production, and farm profitability. In this study, we extend a nonlinear SIRS–P compartmental model for m...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,822 Views
25 Pages

Investigating the Dynamics of Bayoud Disease in Date Palm Trees and Optimal Control Analysis

  • Alaa A. Alsaqer,
  • Azhar Iqbal Kashif Butt and
  • Muneerah Al Nuwairan

10 May 2024

The fungus Fusarium oxysporum (f.sp. albedinis) causes Bayoud disease. It is one of the epiphytotic diseases that affects a wide range of palm species and has no known cure at present. However, preventive measures can be taken to reduce the effects o...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,680 Views
24 Pages

22 November 2023

Typhoid fever is an infectious disease that affects humanity worldwide; it is particularly dangerous in areas with communities of a lower socio-economic status, where many individuals are exposed to a dirty environment and unclean food. A mathematica...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
2,873 Views
33 Pages

15 September 2023

Whooping cough, or pertussis, is an infectious disease that causes serious threats to people of all ages, specifically to infant and young children, all over the world. Due to the severe impact on health, it is necessary to construct a mathematical m...

(This article belongs to the Section B: Mathematics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,356 Views
25 Pages

25 May 2025

This study establishes a fractional-order model (FOM) to describe the rumor spreading process. Members of society in this FOM are classified into three categories that change with time—the population that is ignorant of the rumors and does not...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Fractional Operators and Their Applications in Physical Sciences)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,577 Views
32 Pages

19 April 2025

The increasing reliance on and remote accessibility of automated industrial systems have shifted SCADA networks from being strictly isolated to becoming highly interconnected systems. The growing interconnectivity among systems enhances operational e...

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  • Open Access
876 Views
28 Pages

The main objective of this study is to investigate smoking dynamics, identify the most influential factors governing smoking behavior, and develop effective intervention strategies through the integration of fractional-order modeling, sensitivity ana...

(This article belongs to the Topic Modeling, Stability, and Control of Dynamic Systems and Their Applications)
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  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,442 Views
14 Pages

25 February 2023

Farmers have an essential role in maintaining food security. One of the food crops that occupies a high position in Indonesia is rice. However, farmers often experience problems when cultivating rice plants, one of which is affected by the tungro vir...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mathematical Population Dynamics and Epidemiology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
312 Views
31 Pages

10 September 2026

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a chronic autoimmune disease in which autoreactive effector T cells destroy insulin-producing pancreatic β-cells, leading to impaired insulin production and long-term metabolic complications. This study develops a mathem...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Dynamic Model and Analysis of Biology and Epidemiology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,561 Views
21 Pages

18 December 2024

One of the main obstacles in rice cultivation is tungro disease, caused by Rice Tungro Spherical Virus (RTSV) and Rice Tungro Bacilliform Virus (RTBV), which are transmitted by green leafhopper vectors (Nephotettix virescens). This disease can be con...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mathematical Methods and Models in Epidemiology)
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  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,446 Views
34 Pages

A Comparative Analysis of Different Fractional Optimal Control Strategies to Eradicate Bayoud Disease in Date Palm Trees

  • Muhammad Imran,
  • Azhar Iqbal Kashif Butt,
  • Brett Allen McKinney,
  • Muneerah Al Nuwairan and ,
  • Fatemah H. H. Al Mukahal and
  • Saira Batool
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Bayoud disease, caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. albedinis, is a major threat to date palm trees. It leads to lower crop yields, financial losses, and decreased biodiversity. The complexity of the disease presents challenges to effective disease m...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,889 Views
15 Pages

The study of contagion dynamics is a well-established domain within epidemiology, where the spread of infectious diseases is modeled and analyzed. In recent years, similar methodologies have been applied to the financial sector to understand and pred...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,634 Views
28 Pages

1 August 2022

In this paper, a hybrid SEIAM model for infectious disease with a continuous age structure is established, where combined dynamic effects of media coverage and multi-staged infected progression on threshold dynamics are discussed. Sufficient conditio...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mathematical Population Dynamics and Epidemiology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
274 Views
62 Pages

Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) is one of the most important spice crops and a valuable medicinal plant, but it is seriously affected by various types of diseases such as fungal, bacterial, nematode and viral diseases. In this paper, a complete mathemati...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,370 Views
18 Pages

Global Analysis and Optimal Control of a Periodic Visceral Leishmaniasis Model

  • Ibrahim M. ELmojtaba,
  • Santanu Biswas and
  • Joydev Chattopadhyay

14 December 2017

In this paper, we propose and analyze a mathematical model for the dynamics of visceral leishmaniasis with seasonality. Our results show that the disease-free equilibrium is globally asymptotically stable under certain conditions when R 0 , th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
3,240 Views
16 Pages

Dynamical Analysis and Optimal Control for a SEIR Model Based on Virus Mutation in WSNs

  • Guiyun Liu,
  • Jieyong Chen,
  • Zhongwei Liang,
  • Zhimin Peng and
  • Junqiang Li

22 April 2021

With the rapid development of science and technology, the application of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is more and more widely. It has been widely concerned by scholars. Viruses are one of the main threats to WSNs. In this paper, based on the princ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
51 Citations
4,292 Views
20 Pages

A Caputo–Fabrizio Fractional-Order Model of HIV/AIDS with a Treatment Compartment: Sensitivity Analysis and Optimal Control Strategies

  • Hua Wang,
  • Hadi Jahanshahi,
  • Miao-Kun Wang,
  • Stelios Bekiros and ,
  • Jinping Liu and
  • Ayman A. Aly
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

14 May 2021

Although most of the early research studies on fractional-order systems were based on the Caputo or Riemann–Liouville fractional-order derivatives, it has recently been proven that these methods have some drawbacks. For instance, kernels of these met...

(This article belongs to the Section Complexity)
  • Article
  • Open Access
286 Views
27 Pages

26 September 2026

In this paper, a design of an optimal discrete PI controller for a DC-DC boost converter that fed a PMDC motor drive system is presented. The small signal model (SSM) is extracted and validated theoretically and experimentally. The system transfer fu...

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  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,840 Views
16 Pages

Research on electroencephalography (EEG) signals and their data analysis have drawn much attention in recent years. Data mining techniques have been extensively applied as efficient solutions for non-invasive brain–computer interface (BCI) rese...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Smart Processing for Systems under Uncertainty or Perturbation)
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  • Open Access
  • Best Paper Award
20 Citations
5,342 Views
24 Pages

12 April 2021

Many mathematical models have explored the dynamics of cholera but none have been used to predict the optimal strategies of the three control interventions (the use of hygiene promotion and social mobilization; the use of treatment by drug/oral re-hy...

(This article belongs to the Section Mathematical Analysis)
  • Article
  • Open Access
176 Views
37 Pages

15 October 2026

Dissolved gas analysis is universally used to identify power transformer faults; however, direct neural network optimization can be underpowered when highly correlated gas variables are fed to a small classifier. This study evaluates a leakage-contro...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Data-Driven and AI-Based Fault Diagnosis for Industrial Dynamic Systems)
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  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,352 Views
36 Pages

25 June 2025

As urban traffic systems become increasingly complex, traditional traffic data collection methods based on fixed detectors face challenges such as poor data quality and acquisition difficulties. Traditional methods also lack the ability to capture co...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Research and Estimation of Traffic Flow Characteristics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,698 Views
17 Pages

In this paper, a fractional model for the transmission dynamics of cholera was developed. In invariant regions of the model, solutions were generated. Disease-free and endemic equilibrium points were obtained. The basic reproduction number was evalua...

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  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,067 Views
37 Pages

Stochastic Optimal Control Analysis for HBV Epidemic Model with Vaccination

  • Sayed Murad Ali Shah,
  • Yufeng Nie,
  • Anwarud Din and
  • Abdulwasea Alkhazzan

3 October 2024

In this study, we explore the concept of symmetry as it applies to the dynamics of the Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) epidemic model. By incorporating symmetric principles in the stochastic model, we ensure that the control strategies derived are not only e...

(This article belongs to the Section B: Mathematics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,575 Views
27 Pages

Optimizing Automatic Voltage Control Collaborative Responses in Chain-Structured Cascade Hydroelectric Power Plants Using Sensitivity Analysis

  • Li Zhang,
  • Jie Yang,
  • Jun Wang,
  • Lening Wang and ,
  • Haiming Niu,
  • Xiaobing Liu,
  • Simon X. Yang and
  • Kun Yang
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

22 May 2025

Southwestern China has abundant hydropower networks, wherein neighboring cascade hydropower stations within the same river basin are typically connected to the power system in a chain-structured configuration. However, when such chain-structured casc...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Leveraging Flexibility Resources to Enhance Renewable Energy Integration and Grid Stability)
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  • Open Access
22 Citations
7,788 Views
20 Pages

3 May 2018

Current literature presents optimal control computational algorithms with regard to state, control, and conjunctive variable spaces. This paper first analyses the advantages and limitations of different optimal control computational methods and algor...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Algorithms for Scheduling Problems)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,485 Views
16 Pages

Backward Bifurcation and Optimal Control Analysis of a Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense Model

  • Mlyashimbi Helikumi,
  • Moatlhodi Kgosimore,
  • Dmitry Kuznetsov and
  • Steady Mushayabasa

14 October 2019

In this paper, a mathematical model for the transmission dynamics of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense that incorporates three species—namely, human, animal and vector—is formulated and analyzed. Two controls representing awareness campaigns...

(This article belongs to the Section E3: Mathematical Biology)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
895 Views
26 Pages

12 November 2025

Image clustering analysis faces the curse of dimensionality, distance concentration, multimodal landscapes, and rapid diversity loss that challenge meta-heuristics. Meanwhile, the standard Crayfish Optimization Algorithm (COA) has shown notable poten...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry in Mathematical Optimization Algorithm and Its Applications)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,268 Views
25 Pages

10 September 2025

In this study, we develop a mathematical model to describe the transmission dynamics of the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), incorporating the coexistence of two distinct strains. The global stability of the disease-free and endemic equilibria is a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
2,800 Views
28 Pages

31 January 2024

Standalone DC microgrids can potentially influence intelligent energy systems in the future. They accomplish this by employing droop control to smoothly integrate various renewable energy sources (RESs) to satisfy energy demands. This method ensures...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Research on Smart Grid, Energy Storage and Distribution Systems)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,386 Views
32 Pages

Bifurcation and Optimal Control Analysis of an HIV/AIDS Model with Saturated Incidence Rate

  • Marsudi Marsudi,
  • Trisilowati Trisilowati and
  • Raqqasyi R. Musafir

30 June 2025

In this paper, we develop an HIV/AIDS epidemic model that incorporates a saturated incidence rate to reflect the limited transmission capacity and the impact of behavioral saturation in contact patterns. The model is formulated as a system of seven n...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Functional Differential Equations and Epidemiological Modelling, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,415 Views
24 Pages

Local and Global Stability Analysis of Dengue Disease with Vaccination and Optimal Control

  • Anusit Chamnan,
  • Puntani Pongsumpun,
  • I-Ming Tang and
  • Napasool Wongvanich

12 October 2021

Dengue fever is a disease that has spread all over the world, including Thailand. Dengue is caused by a virus and there are four distinct serotypes of the virus that cause dengue DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3, and DENV-4. The dengue viruses are transmitted...

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  • Open Access
2,501 Views
31 Pages

A Co-Infection Model for Onchocerciasis and Lassa Fever with Optimal Control Analysis

  • Kabiru Michael Adeyemo,
  • Kayode Oshinubi,
  • Umar Muhammad Adam and
  • Adejimi Adeniji

10 January 2024

A co-infection model for onchocerciasis and Lassa fever (OLF) with periodic variational vectors and optimal control is studied and analyzed to assess the impact of controls against incidence infections. The model is qualitatively examined in order to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,670 Views
30 Pages

Fractional Bi-Susceptible Approach to COVID-19 Dynamics with Sensitivity and Optimal Control Analysis

  • Azhar Iqbal Kashif Butt,
  • Waheed Ahmad,
  • Muhammad Rafiq,
  • Ameer Hamza Mukhtar and ,
  • Fatemah H. H. Al Mukahal and
  • Abeer S. Al Elaiw
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

This study introduces a nonlinear fractional bi-susceptible model for COVID-19 using the Atangana–Baleanu derivative in Caputo sense (ABC). The fractional framework captures nonlocal effects and temporal decay, offering a realistic presentation...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractional Mathematical Modelling: Theory, Methods, and Applications—2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
8,913 Views
15 Pages

Optimal Surface Aeration Control in Full-Scale Oxidation Ditches through Energy Consumption Analysis

  • Yong Qiu,
  • Chi Zhang,
  • Bing Li,
  • Ji Li and ,
  • Xiaoyuan Zhang,
  • Yanchen Liu,
  • Peng Liang and
  • Xia Huang
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

16 July 2018

Oxidation ditches are popularly used in rural areas and decentralized treatment facilities where energy deficiency is of concern. Aeration control technologies are well established for diffusion systems in order to improve energy efficiency, but ther...

(This article belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
4,454 Views
19 Pages

In this paper, the Caputo-based fractional derivative optimal control model is looked at to learn more about how the human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) spreads. Model solution properties such as boundedness and non-negativity are checked and fou...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Computational Physics with Fractional Application, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,320 Views
32 Pages

13 November 2023

The congestion problem has driven many researchers to address it, among other networking issues. In a packet-switched network, congestion is essential; it leads to a high response time to deliver packets due to heavy traffic, which eventually causes...

(This article belongs to the Section Sensors Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,852 Views
17 Pages

Impact of Multi-Year Analysis on the Optimal Sizing and Control Strategy of Hybrid Energy Systems

  • Ameer Al-Khaykan,
  • Ibrahim H. Al-Kharsan,
  • Mohammed Omar Ali,
  • Ali Jawad Alrubaie and ,
  • Hassan Falah Fakhruldeen and
  • J. M. Counsell
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

22 December 2022

Grid-connected hybrid energy systems (HESs) represent a very promising option for addressing the problem of power outages worldwide. The selection of a suitable optimization approach and operational strategy are important aspects of the optimal desig...

(This article belongs to the Section A: Sustainable Energy)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,821 Views
5 Pages

Comparative Analysis for Machine-Learning-Based Optimal Control of Upper Extremity Rehabilitation Robots

  • Muhammad Kamran,
  • Talha Ahmed Khan,
  • Umar Iftikhar,
  • Safdar A. Rizvi and ,
  • Irfan Tanoli and
  • Kushsairy Kadir
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

27 September 2023

It has been observed from many pieces of research and through applications that robotic movements using human interaction are considered dangerous, tiresome and require extraordinary precision and smooth control. Specifically, medical and healthcare...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 8th International Electrical Engineering Conference)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,679 Views
25 Pages

19 September 2024

In this paper, a mathematical analysis of fractional order fishery model with stage structure for predator is carried out under the background of prey refuge and protected area. First, it is demonstrated that the solution exists and is unique. The pa...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mathematical Modeling, Simulations and Applications)
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  • Open Access
1,443 Views
17 Pages

Optimal Control and Neural Porkchop Analysis for Low-Thrust Asteroid Rendezvous Mission

  • Zhong Zhang,
  • Niccolò Michelotti,
  • Gonçalo Oliveira Pinho,
  • Yilin Zou and
  • Francesco Topputo

This paper presents a comparative study of the applicability and accuracy of optimal control methods and neural-network-based estimators in the context of porkchop plots for preliminary asteroid rendezvous mission design. The scenario considered invo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Papers on Spacecraft Dynamics and Control)
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  • Open Access
23 Citations
2,443 Views
24 Pages

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the optimal control for fractional stochastic integrodifferential systems of order 1 < γ < 2. To ensure the existence and uniqueness of mild solutions, we first gather a novel list of requiremen...

(This article belongs to the Section General Mathematics, Analysis)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,460 Views
30 Pages

8 July 2025

This study investigates a stochastic production planning problem with regime-switching parameters, inspired by economic cycles impacting production and inventory costs. The model considers types of goods and employs a Markov chain to capture probabil...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,106 Views
20 Pages

10 December 2019

Static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) and battery energy storage (BES) have been increasingly employed in power systems for the reliable and economic operation of power transmission. However, the transient interaction between the electrical power...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,503 Views
19 Pages

18 November 2024

In this paper, a problem of random disturbance attenuation capabilities for linear time-invariant continuous systems, affected by random disturbances with bounded σ-entropy, is studied. The σ-entropy norm defines a performance index of th...

(This article belongs to the Section C2: Dynamical Systems)

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