Optimal control of the spatial allocation of COVID-19 vaccines: Italy as a case study

JC Lemaitre, D Pasetto, M Zanon… - PLoS computational …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
While campaigns of vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 are underway across the world,
communities face the challenge of a fair and effective distribution of a limited supply of …

Adaptive and optimized COVID-19 vaccination strategies across geographical regions and age groups

J Molla, A Ponce de León Chávez… - PLoS computational …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
We evaluate the efficiency of various heuristic strategies for allocating vaccines against
COVID-19 and compare them to strategies found using optimal control theory. Our approach …

Optimal vaccine allocation for COVID-19 in the Netherlands: A data-driven prioritization

F Miura, KY Leung, D Klinkenberg… - PLoS computational …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
For the control of COVID-19, vaccination programmes provide a long-term solution. The
amount of available vaccines is often limited, and thus it is crucial to determine the allocation …

A model predictive control approach to optimally devise a two‐dose vaccination rollout: a case study on COVID‐19 in Italy

F Parino, L Zino, GC Calafiore… - International journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The COVID‐19 pandemic has led to the unprecedented challenge of devising massive
vaccination rollouts, toward slowing down and eventually extinguishing the diffusion of the …

An agent-based model to assess large-scale COVID-19 vaccination campaigns for the Italian territory: The case study of Lombardy region

A Cattaneo, A Vitali, M Mazzoleni, F Previdi - Computer Methods and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Background In Italy, the administration of COVID-19 vaccines began in late 2020. In
the early stages, the number of available doses was limited. To maximize the effectiveness …

Strategic spatiotemporal vaccine distribution increases the survival rate in an infectious disease like Covid-19

J Grauer, H Löwen, B Liebchen - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Present hopes to conquer the Covid-19 epidemic are largely based on the expectation of a
rapid availability of vaccines. However, once vaccine production starts, it will probably take …

Optimizing vaccine allocation to combat the COVID-19 pandemic

D Bertsimas, J Ivanhoe, A Jacquillat, M Li, A Previero… - MedRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
The outbreak of COVID-19 has spurred extensive research worldwide to develop a vaccine.
However, when a vaccine becomes available, limited production and distribution …

Where to locate COVID‐19 mass vaccination facilities?

D Bertsimas, V Digalakis Jr, A Jacquillat… - Naval Research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The outbreak of COVID‐19 led to a record‐breaking race to develop a vaccine. However,
the limited vaccine capacity creates another massive challenge: how to distribute vaccines …

Time-varying optimization of COVID-19 vaccine prioritization in the context of limited vaccination capacity

S Han, J Cai, J Yang, J Zhang, Q Wu, W Zheng… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Dynamically adapting the allocation of COVID-19 vaccines to the evolving epidemiological
situation could be key to reduce COVID-19 burden. Here we developed a data-driven …

Optimal COVID-19 epidemic control until vaccine deployment

R Djidjou-Demasse, Y Michalakis, M Choisy… - MedRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Abstract Since Dec 2019, the COVID-19 epidemic has spread over the globe creating one of
the greatest pandemics ever witnessed. This epidemic wave will only begin to roll back once …