title: Rabies in raccoons: optimal control for a discrete time model on a spatial grid.
abstract: An epidemic model for rabies in raccoons is formulated with discrete time and spatial features. The goal is to analyze the strategies for optimal distribution of vaccine baits to minimize the spread of the disease and the cost of implementing the control. Discrete optimal control techniques are used to derive the optimality system, which is then solved numerically to illustrate various scenarios.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-1300, USA.
authors.forename: Wandi
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Louis J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Gross
authors.forename: Keith
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Langston
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lenhart
authors.forename: Leslie A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Real
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D008954:Models, Biological; D011818:Rabies / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000662:veterinary*; D011819:Rabies Vaccines / Q000276:immunology; D011821:Raccoons / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D011819:Rabies Vaccines