An introduction to complex systems science and its applications

AF Siegenfeld, Y Bar-Yam - Complexity, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The standard assumptions that underlie many conceptual and quantitative frameworks do
not hold for many complex physical, biological, and social systems. Complex systems …

[HTML][HTML] Public health effects of travel-related policies on the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed-methods systematic review

L Bou-Karroum, J Khabsa, M Jabbour, N Hilal… - Journal of Infection, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives To map travel policies implemented due to COVID-19 during 2020, and conduct
a mixed-methods systematic review of health effects of such policies, and related contextual …

Forecasting models for coronavirus disease (COVID-19): a survey of the state-of-the-art

GR Shinde, AB Kalamkar, PN Mahalle, N Dey… - SN computer …, 2020 - Springer
COVID-19 is a pandemic that has affected over 170 countries around the world. The number
of infected and deceased patients has been increasing at an alarming rate in almost all the …

Financial transactions using fintech during the COVID-19 crisis in Bulgaria

I Vasenska, P Dimitrov, B Koyundzhiyska-Davidkova… - Risks, 2021 - mdpi.com
In the context of current crises following COVID-19 and growing global economic
uncertainties, the issues regarding financial transactions with FINTECH are increasingly …

What models can and cannot tell us about COVID-19

AF Siegenfeld, NN Taleb… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has already claimed more …

Modelling fatality curves of COVID-19 and the effectiveness of intervention strategies

GL Vasconcelos, AMS Macêdo, R Ospina… - PeerJ, 2020 - peerj.com
The main objective of the present article is twofold: first, to model the fatality curves of the
COVID-19 disease, as represented by the cumulative number of deaths as a function of time; …

Containment efficiency and control strategies for the corona pandemic costs

C Gros, R Valenti, L Schneider, K Valenti, D Gros - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
The rapid spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) confronts policy makers with the problem of
measuring the effectiveness of containment strategies, balancing public health …

Low case numbers enable long-term stable pandemic control without lockdowns

S Contreras, J Dehning, SB Mohr, S Bauer… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
The traditional long-term solutions for epidemic control involve eradication or population
immunity. Here, we analytically derive the existence of a third viable solution: a stable …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on crime incidents number in different cities

M Hou, Z Zeng, X Hu, J Hu - Journal of Safety Science and Resilience, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic is strongly affecting many aspects of human life and society
around the world. To investigate whether this pandemic also influences crime, the …

Rapid, large-scale, and effective detection of COVID-19 via non-adaptive testing

M Täufer - Journal of theoretical biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Pooling of samples can increase lab capacity when using Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
to detect diseases such as COVID-19. However, pool testing is typically performed via an …