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The Proliferation Of Covid-19 In Saudi Arabia According To Gompertz Model

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  • ANIS BEN DHAHBI

    (Department of Physics, College of Science and Arts, at ArRass, Qassim University, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia)

  • YASSINE CHARGUI

    (Department of Physics, College of Science and Arts, at ArRass, Qassim University, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia)

  • SALAH BOULAARAS

    (Department of Mathematics, College of Science and Arts, at ArRass, Qassim University, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia)

  • SEYFEDDINE RAHALI

    (Department of Chemistry, College of Science and Arts, at ArRass, Qassim University, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia)

  • ABADA MHAMDI

    (Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, 1006 Tunis, Tunisia)

Abstract

Mathematical modeling can be a powerful tool to predict disease spread in large populations as well as to understand different factors which can impact it such as social distancing and vaccinations. This study aimed to describe the spread the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Saudi Arabia using a simple discrete variant of the Gompertz model. Unlike time-continuous models which are based on differential equations, this model treats time as a discrete variable and is then represented by a first-order difference equation. Using this model, we performed a short-term prediction of the number of cumulative cases of COVID-19 in the country and we show that the results match the confirmed reports.

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  • Anis Ben Dhahbi & Yassine Chargui & Salah Boulaaras & Seyfeddine Rahali & Abada Mhamdi, 2022. "The Proliferation Of Covid-19 In Saudi Arabia According To Gompertz Model," FRACTALS (fractals), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 30(10), pages 1-8, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:fracta:v:30:y:2022:i:10:n:s0218348x22402514
    DOI: 10.1142/S0218348X22402514
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