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pith:2026:KC4JOWQ5C5EWES7WJC4ZTFKQDE

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Network Epidemic Control via Model Predictive Control: Extended Version

Alex Olshevsky, Ioannis Ch. Paschalidis, Laura F. White, Mahtab Talaei

Model predictive control guarantees recursive feasibility and exponential decay for suppressing networked epidemics.

arxiv:2604.13357 v2 · 2026-04-14 · math.OC · cs.SY · eess.SY · nlin.AO · physics.soc-ph

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C1strongest claim

The MPC framework ensures recursive feasibility and finite-horizon closed-loop exponential decay, and certifies the existence of a globally stabilizing feasible continuation under bounded worst-case transmission rates.

C2weakest assumption

Exploiting the monotone depletion of susceptible populations to construct a robust terminal set and safe backup policy, which assumes the SIQR dynamics hold without replenishment or other effects that could violate monotonicity.

C3one line summary

Safety-critical MPC for mobility-coupled SIQR networks enforces tunable exponential decay with lower isolation burden than myopic control under surges.

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First computed	2026-05-26T02:04:10.808603Z
Builder	pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
Signature	Pith Ed25519 (`pith-v1-2026-05`) · public key
Schema	pith-number/v1.0

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50b8975a1d1749624bf648b9999550192590440c50dce8490e48b7ec659853a7

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arxiv: 2604.13357 · arxiv_version: 2604.13357v2 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2604.13357 · pith_short_12: KC4JOWQ5C5EW · pith_short_16: KC4JOWQ5C5EWES7W · pith_short_8: KC4JOWQ5

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