Research Article

Optimal Control of HIV/AIDS in the Workplace in the Presence of Careless Individuals

Table 2

Sensitivity indexes of .

ParameterParameter descriptionSensitivity index

Rate of recruitment +1.000
Contact rate between Susceptibles and Infectives +1.000
Average number of sexual partners of an infective per unit time +1.000
Rate of progression of Productive Infectives into AIDs−0.460
Rate of progression of Nonproductive Infective into AIDs −0.015
Rate of progression of Productive Infective into AIDs−0.033
Rate of progression of Productive Infective into AIDs −0.082
Natural Death rate−1.138
Rate at which Careful-Productive Infectives lose their Productivity+0.000
Rate at which Careless-Productive Infectives lose their Productivity −0.350
Modification parameter due to careless behavior towards sex +0.312
Rate at which Careless-Non-Productive Infectives become Careful+0.180
Rate at which Careless-Productive Infectives become Careful−0.102