Feedback control of isolation and contact for SIQR epidemic model via strict Lyapunov function

Abstract

We derive feedback control laws for isolation, contact regulation, and vaccination for infectious diseases, using a strict Lyapunov function. We use an SIQR epidemic model describing transmission, isolation via quarantine, and vaccination for diseases to which immunity is long-lasting. Assuming that mass vaccination is not available to completely eliminate the disease in a time horizon of interest, we provide feedback control laws that drive the disease to an endemic equilibrium. We prove the input-to-state stability (or ISS) robustness property on the entire state space, when the immigration perturbation is viewed as the uncertainty. We use an ISS Lyapunov function to derive the feedback control laws. A key ingredient in our analysis is that all compartment variables are present not only in the Lyapunov function, but also in a negative definite upper bound on its time derivative. We illustrate the efficacy of our method through simulations, and we discuss the usefulness of parameters in the controls. Since the control laws are feedback, their values are updated based on data acquired in real time. We also discuss the degradation caused by the delayed data acquisition occurring in practical implementations, and we derive bounds on the delays under which the ISS property is ensured when delays are present.