Optimal Control against the Human Papillomavirus: Protection versus Eradication of the Infection

Figure 5

Comparison of the total prevalence (a), the cost of applying the optimal control interventions (b), and the value of as function of the optimal controls (c). The blue dashed lines are associated with functional (16) and the red solid lines are associated with functional (17). Here, , , , , and the initial condition is .

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