Optimization-based method for estimating the transmission rate of COVID-19 during the lockdown in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Alsayed, Abdallah, Aqel, Mohammad O. A., Kamil, Raja, Sadir, Hayder, Abuzaiter, Alaa, Alezabi, Kamal Ali, Sari, Hasan
• Format: Article
• Published: Taylor's University 2022
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/102401/; https://jestec.taylors.edu.my/V17Issue4.htm

In this work, the optimization-based method is implemented to investigate the effectiveness of lockdown strategies undertaken to contain the COVID-19 during the first two waves in Malaysia. The well-known Susceptible-Infected-Removed (SIR) epidemiological model was fitted to the actual data of infec...