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ReviewWorld journal of methodology2022

Pandemic control - do's and don'ts from a control theory perspective.

Latchezar Tomov, Dimitrina Miteva, Metodija Sekulovski, Hristiana Batselova, Tsvetelina Velikova

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Review in World journal of methodology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Latchezar TomovDepartment of Informatics, New Bulgarian University, Sofia 1618, Bulgaria.
Dimitrina MitevaDepartment of Genetics, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Sofia 1164, Bulgaria.
Metodija SekulovskiDepartment of Anesthesiology and Intensive care, University Hospital Lozenetz, Sofia 1407, Bulgaria.
Hristiana BatselovaDepartment of Epidemiology and Disaster Medicine, Medical University, Plovdiv, University Hospital "St George", Plovdiv 6000, Bulgaria.
Tsvetelina VelikovaMedical Faculty, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia 1407, Bulgaria.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Managing a pandemic is a difficult task. Pandemics are part of the dynamics of nonlinear systems with multiple different interactive features that co-adapt to each other (such as humans, animals, and pathogens). The target of controlling such a nonlinear system is best achieved using the control system theory developed in engineering and applied in systems biology. But is this theory and its principles actually used in controlling the current coronavirus disease-19 pandemic? We review the evidence for applying principles in different aspects of pandemic control related to different goals such as disease eradication, disease containment, and short- or long-term economic loss minimization. Successful policies implement multiple measures in concordance with control theory to achieve a robust response. In contrast, unsuccessful policies have numerous failures in different measures or focus only on a single measure (only testing, vaccines,

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ControlControl theoryCOVID-19 pandemicCOVID zeroFlattening the curve

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PMID36186747
PMCPMC9516542

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