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Optimal epidemic control under uncertainty: trade-offs between information collection and other actions

2022-03-30

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<h4>Background</h4> Recent epidemics and measures taken to control them – through vaccination or other actions – have highlighted the role and importance of uncertainty in public health. There is generally a trade-off between information collection and other uses of resources. Whether this trade-off is solved explicitly or implicitly, the concept of value of information is central in order to inform policy makers...

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Literature Corpus work: 7a713643-8d57-57fd-a486-f520038ce919
DOI: 10.1101/2022.03.28.22273039

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