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Infectious disease modeling is essential for designing strategies to mitigate epidemic outbreaks. Traditional compartmental models like SEIR (Susceptible-Exposed-Infectious-Recovered) often ignore inherent delays such as incubation periods, delays in reporting, or delayed effects of policy interventions, leading to less accurate predictions. This paper develops a delay differential equation (DDE)-based SEIR model, capturing incubation, treatment, and policy delay effects explicitly. Furthermore, the model integrates uncertainty in epidemiological parameters via fuzzy logic and Monte Carlo simulation, and it optimizes epidemic control policies using Pontryagin’s Maximum Principle. Real-world COVID-19 data from Kerala, India is used for validation, demonstrating the model's effectiveness in fitting actual data and analyzing intervention scenarios such as early vs. late lockdowns or varying vaccination strategies. Our results emphasize the importance of accounting for delays, uncertainty, and optimal control in designing effective public health interventions.
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Epidemic Modeling, SEIR Model, Delay Differential Equations (DDEs), COVID-19, Optimal Control, Pontryagin’s Maximum Principle, Fuzzy Logic, Monte Carlo Simulation, Incubation Delay, Scenario Analysis, Intervention Strategies, Time Delay Systems, Vaccination Dynamics, Quarantine Optimization, Infectious Disease Spread, Dynamic Systems in Epidemiology, Nonlinear Control, Uncertainty Quantification, Public Health Policy, Data-Driven Modeling
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"Modeling and control of epidemic spread of populations using delay differential equations", International Journal for Research Trends and Innovation (www.ijrti.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.10, Issue 7, page no.a516-a518, July-2025, Available :http://www.ijrti.org/papers/IJRTI2507060.pdf
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2456-3315 | IMPACT FACTOR: 8.14 Calculated By Google Scholar| ESTD YEAR: 2016
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