Scientists and engineers worldwide are rising to battle the COVID-19 crisis. Here are some examples of their work, including epidemiological analysis, diagnostics, and ventilator models.
Modeling shield immunity to reduce COVID-19 epidemic spread
Joshua S. Weitz et al, Nature, May 7 2020
paper and MATLAB code
Dynamic causal modelling of COVID-19
Karl J Friston et al, arXiv, April 9 2020
paper preprint and MATLAB SPM tools
2 COVID-19 Simulations
Youngsuk, Konkuk University, May 2020
MATLAB web apps
fitVirusCOVID19
Milan Batista, MATLAB File Exchange, March 2020
MATLAB function
A multi-region discrete time mathematical modeling of the dynamics of Covid-19 virus propagation using optimal control
Bouchaib Khajji et al, Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computing, March 1 2020
paper
Covid-19: Testing Inequality in New York City
Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé et al, National Bureau of Economic Research, April 2020
working paper
SimCOVID: An Open-Source Simulation Program for the COVID-19 Outbreak
Ismael Abdulrahman, April 2020
paper preprint with MATLAB and Simulink code
To mask or not to mask: Modeling the potential for face mask use by the general public to curtail the COVID-19 pandemic
Steffen E. Eikenberry et al, medRxiv, April 6 2020
paper preprint
Short-range airborne route dominates exposure of respiratory infection during close contact
Wenzhao Chen et al, ScienceDirect - Building and Environment, June 2020
paper
Second Version of a COVID-19 Simulator
Cleve Moler, Cleve's Corner, March 29, 2020
blog post and MATLAB code and app
Exercising caution in correlating COVID-19 incidence and mortality rates with BCG vaccination policies due to variable rates of SARS CoV-2 testing
Janine Hensel et al, medRxiv, April 11 2020
paper preprint
The COVID-19 Pandemic: Model-Based Evaluation of Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions and Prognoses
Alex De Visscher, ResearchGate, May 7, 2020
paper preprint
Data-based analysis, modelling and forecasting of the COVID-19 outbreak
Cleo Anastassopoulou et al, NCBI, March 31, 2020
paper
Forecasting the timeframe of coronavirus and human cells interaction with reverse engineering
Ayesha Sohail et al, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, April 29 2020
paper
Modelling the Situation of COVID-19 and Effects of Different Containment Strategies in China with Dynamic Differential Equations and Parameters Estimation
Xiuli Liu et al, Academy of Mathematics and System Science, medRxiv, March 9, 2020
paper preprint
Deep Learning for Medical Imaging: COVID-19 Detection
Barath Narayanan, University of Dayton Research Institute
Deep Learning blog, March 18, 2020
blog post with MATLAB code
The Outbreak’s Modeling of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Using the Modified SEIR Model in Indonesia
Rustan Rustan et al, Spektra, April 1 2020
paper
Battling COVID-19 with disinfecting robots
Behind the Headlines, April 23, 2020
blog post
An SIR model with behavior
John Cochrane, The Grumpy Economist, May 4 2020
blog with MATLAB code
First-wave COVID-19 transmissability and severity in China outside Hubei after control measures, and second-wave scenario planning: a modelling impact assessment
Kathy Leung et al, The Lancet, April 8, 2020
paper
The Reconstruction and Prediction Algorithm of the Fractional TDD for the Local Outbreak of COVID-19
Yu Chen et al, arxiv.org, February 24, 2020
paper preprint
A COVID-19 Epidemiological Model for Community and Policy Maker Use
Alex De Visscher, Concordia University, arXiv, March 19, 2020
paper preprint with model code
Early Transmission Dynamics in Wuhan, China, of Novel Coronavirus–Infected Pneumonia
Qun Li, M. Med et al, New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), March 26, 2020
paper
A review of open source ventilators for COVID-19 and future pandemics
Joshua M. Pearce, F1000Research, March 30 2020
paper and MATLAB code for the OxyGEN project
La Inteligencia Artificial y el Machine Learning en los Respiradores Contra el Coronavirus [Spanish]
Ignacio Ozcariz, El Radar de la Georealidad, 6 April 2020
article
Modelling and Optimisation of Mechanical Ventilation for Critically Ill Patient
Anup Das, University of Exeter, 2012
Ph.D. thesis
Neonatal Ventilator Modeling using Simulink
Ravali K, GitHub, April 2020
GitHub repo with Simulink and Simscape models
Artificial Ventilation Simulator
Jakub R'afl, Czech Technical University in Prague, 2008
Masters thesis
Ventilator Example with Closed-Loop Control on Low Cost Hardware
Steve Miller, GitHub, April 2020
GitHub repo with Simulink and Simscape models
Pressure - Volume Controlled Mechanical Ventilator: Modeling and Simulation
Fikret YALÇINKAY, 9th International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering (ELECO), 2015
paper
Modelling and Simulation of Pressure Controlled Mechanical Ventilation System
Noman Q. Al-Naggar, Journal of Biomedical Science and Engineering (JBiSE), 2015
paper
A Novel Methodology for the Design of a Portable Ventilator
Subha Hency Jose P. et al, International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering (IJITEE), November 2019
paper
Medical Ventilator with Lung Model (Simscape Example)
Positive-pressure medical ventilator system that models the lung using Translational Mechanical Converter (MA), which converts moist air pressure into translational motion.
Simscape model
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