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Lockdown interventions in SIR model: Is the reproduction number the right control variable?
Leonardo Cianfanelli, Francesca Parise, Daron Acemoglu +2
The recent COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need of non-pharmaceutical interventions in the first stages of a pandemic. Among these, lockdown policies proved unavoidable yet extre…
Accelerated consensus in multi-agent networks via memory of local averages
Aditya Bhaskar, Shriya Rangarajan, Vikram Shree +2
Classical mathematical models of information sharing and updating in multi-agent networks use linear operators. In the paradigmatic DeGroot model, agents update their states with l…
Optimal intervention in transportation networks
Leonardo Cianfanelli, Giacomo Como, Asuman Ozdaglar +1
We study a network design problem (NDP) where the planner aims at selecting the optimal single-link intervention on a transportation network to minimize the travel time under Wardr…
Optimal adaptive testing for epidemic control: combining molecular and serology tests
D. Acemoglu, A. Fallah, A. Giometto +4
The COVID-19 crisis highlighted the importance of non-medical interventions, such as testing and isolation of infected individuals, in the control of epidemics. Here, we show how t…