Exploring epidemic voluntary vaccinating behavior based on information-driven decisions and benefit-cost analysis

Chao Zuo, Yuting Ling, Fenping Zhu, Xinyu Ma and Guochun Xiang

Applied Mathematics and Computation, 2023, vol. 447, issue C

Abstract: A complex dynamic interplay exists between epidemic transmission and vaccination, which is significantly influenced by human behavioral responses. We construct a research framework combining both the function modeling of the cumulative global COVID-19 information and limited individuals’ information processing capacity employing the Gompertz model for growing processes. Meanwhile, we built a function representing the decision to get vaccinated following benefit-cost analysis considered the choices made by people in each scenario have an influence from altruism, free-riding and immunity escaping capacity. Through the mean-field calculation analysis and using a fourth-order Runge-Kutta method with constant step size, we obtain plots from numerical simulations.

Keywords: COVID-19; Epidemic model; Vaccination strategy; Information-driven decisions; Benefit-cost analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.amc.2023.127905

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