Optimal non-pharmaceutical intervention policy for Covid-19 epidemic via neuroevolution algorithm

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2110.13633v1
• Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2021 16:26:50 GMT
• Title: Optimal non-pharmaceutical intervention policy for Covid-19 epidemic via neuroevolution algorithm
• Authors: Arash Saeidpour and Pejman Rohani
• Abstract summary: Policies aimed at disrupting the viral transmission cycle and preventing the healthcare system from being overwhelmed exact an economic toll. We developed a intervention policy model that comprised the relative human, economic and healthcare costs of non-pharmaceutical epidemic intervention. A proposed model finds the minimum required reduction in contact rates to maintain the burden on the healthcare system below the maximum capacity.
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• Abstract: National responses to the Covid-19 pandemic varied markedly across countries, from business-as-usual to complete shutdowns. Policies aimed at disrupting the viral transmission cycle and preventing the healthcare system from being overwhelmed, simultaneously exact an economic toll. We developed a intervention policy model that comprised the relative human, economic and healthcare costs of non-pharmaceutical epidemic intervention and arrived at the optimal strategy using the neuroevolution algorithm. The proposed model finds the minimum required reduction in contact rates to maintain the burden on the healthcare system below the maximum capacity. We find that such a policy renders a sharp increase in the control strength at the early stages of the epidemic, followed by a steady increase in the subsequent ten weeks as the epidemic approaches its peak, and finally control strength is gradually decreased as the population moves towards herd immunity. We have also shown how such a model can provide an efficient adaptive intervention policy at different stages of the epidemic without having access to the entire history of its progression in the population. This work emphasizes the importance of imposing intervention measures early and provides insights into adaptive intervention policies to minimize the economic impacts of the epidemic without putting an extra burden on the healthcare system.

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