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An SIR epidemic model for COVID-19 spread with fuzzy parameter: the case of Indonesia
Muhammad Abdy1, Syafruddin Side1, Suwardi Annas2
1Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Universitas Negeri Makassar, Makassar, Indonesia.
Abstract:
The aim of this research is to construct an SIR model for COVID-19 with fuzzy parameters. The SIR model is constructed by considering the factors of vaccination, treatment, obedience in implementing health protocols, and the corona virus-load. Parameters of the infection rate, recovery rate, and death rate due to COVID-19 are constructed as a fuzzy number, and their membership functions are used in the model as fuzzy parameters. The model analysis uses the generation matrix method to obtain the basic reproduction number and the stability of the model's equilibrium points. Simulation results show that differences in corona virus-loads will also cause differences in the transmission of COVID-19. Likewise, the factors of vaccination and obedience in implementing health protocols have the same effect in slowing or stopping the transmission of COVID-19 in Indonesia.
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