Abstract
In this paper, we introduce and study an age-structured epidemiological compartment model and its respective problem, applied but not limited to the COVID-19 pandemic, in order to investigate the role of the age of the individuals in the evolution of epidemiological phenomena. We investigate the well-posedness of the model, as well as the global dynamics of it in the sense of basic reproduction number via constructing Lyapunov functions.
BibTex
@article{2024_agebased_vs_horizontal_lockdowns,
abstract = {In this paper, we introduce and study an age-structured epidemiological compartment model and its respective problem, applied but not limited to the COVID-19 pandemic, in order to investigate the role of the age of the individuals in the evolution of epidemiological phenomena. We investigate the well-posedness of the model, as well as the global dynamics of it in the sense of basic reproduction number via constructing Lyapunov functions.},
author = {Vasiliki Bitsouni and Nikolaos Gialelis and Vasilis Tsilidis},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idm.2024.07.002},
issn = {2468-0427},
journal = {Infectious Disease Modelling},
title = {A novel comparison framework for epidemiological strategies applied to age-based restrictions versus horizontal lockdowns},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468042724000915},
year = {2024}
}