@article {311,
	title = {Potentials of constrained sliding mode control as an intervention guide to manage COVID19 spread},
	journal = {Biomedical Signal Processing and Control},
	volume = {67},
	year = {2021},
	month = {03/2021},
	pages = {102557},
	abstract = {<p>This work evaluates the potential of using sliding mode reference conditioning (SMRC) techniques as a guide for non-pharmaceutical intervention (NPI) to control the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, for the epidemiological problem addressed here, it is used to compute the contact rate reduction requirement in order to limit the infectious population to a given threshold. The SMRC controller allows the desired output variable limit and its approaching rate to be tuned explicitly. Implementation issues are taken into account and a periodically update of the NPI is proposed for the real life application. The strategy is evaluated under different scenarios where its distinctive features are exhibited.</p>
},
	issn = {1746-8094},
	doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bspc.2021.102557},
	author = {Nu{\~n}ez, Sebasti{\'a}n and Inthamoussou, Fernando A. and Valenciaga, Fernando and De Battista, Hern{\'a}n and Garelli, Fabricio}
}
