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    Area of Science:

    • Computational epidemiology
    • Optimization algorithms
    • Public health informatics

    Background:

    • The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has overwhelmed public health systems globally, necessitating urgent containment strategies.
    • Effective social distancing and reduced infection rates are critical to mitigate the epidemic's impact and fatality.
    • Efficient optimization algorithms are required to address complex, NP-hard problems, including epidemic modeling and control.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To introduce a novel COVID-19 Optimizer Algorithm (CVA) for addressing optimization challenges related to epidemic control.
    • To model and simulate the global distribution of COVID-19 as an optimization problem.
    • To propose and evaluate scenarios for minimizing infected countries and slowing epidemic spread.

    Main Methods:

    • Development of the COVID-19 Optimizer Algorithm (CVA) designed to explore optimization problem spaces effectively.
    • Simulation of coronavirus distribution across multiple countries.
    • Modeling the epidemic spread as an optimization problem focused on minimizing international infections.
    • Proposal and analysis of three distinct control scenarios based on key distribution factors.

    Main Results:

    • One of the proposed control scenarios demonstrated superior performance in managing epidemic spread.
    • The CVA algorithm showed significant improvements over existing optimization techniques.
    • Comparative analysis revealed CVA's superiority, with performance increases of 15% (VEA), 37% (GWO), 53% (PSO), and 59% (GA).

    Conclusions:

    • The developed COVID-19 Optimizer Algorithm (CVA) is a highly effective tool for optimization problems, particularly in epidemic control.
    • The CVA demonstrates superior performance compared to established algorithms like VEA, GWO, PSO, and GA.
    • Strategic scenario implementation, guided by optimization, can effectively slow the global spread of infectious diseases like COVID-19.