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COVID19 Pandemic evolution through Gompertz’s equation
Author(s) -
Héctor Gerardo Riveros Rotgé,
David Riveros Rosas
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
south florida journal of development
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2675-5459
DOI - 10.46932/sfjdv2n3-074
Subject(s) - gompertz function , humanities , covid-19 , geography , demography , mathematics , philosophy , sociology , statistics , medicine , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
The Gompertz equation describes the evolution of an epidemic. Applied to the data from France, Spain, Germany, and the United Kingdom, it is adjusted with slight deviations since each country implemented different restriction or distancing measures to prevent the spread. Some countries do not conform to Gompertz. With the data from Mexico, the graphs show that the measured and calculated data are overlapped. The deviations are not noticeable. We made adjustments with data up to recent dates. For the four countries, Gompertz predicts well the evolution of the epidemic. We tried to predict the growth of the epidemic using Gompertz. For Mexico, the maximum number of daily infections was predicted up to a month before it happened.   RESUMEN La ecuación de Gompertz describe la evolución de una epidemia. Aplicada a los datos de Francia, España, Alemania y el Reino Unido, se ajusta con ligeras desviaciones, ya que cada país aplicó diferentes medidas de restricción o distanciamiento para evitar la propagación. Algunos países no se ajustan a Gompertz. Con los datos de México, los gráficos muestran que los datos medidos y los calculados se superponen. Las desviaciones no son perceptibles. Hemos realizado ajustes con datos hasta fechas recientes. Para los cuatro países, Gompertz predice bien la evolución de la epidemia. Intentamos predecir el crecimiento de la epidemia con Gompertz. Para México, se predijo el número máximo de contagios diarios hasta un mes antes de que se produjera.

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