Modelling and Closed-Loop Control of Admissions in a Vaccination Center Through Tropical Algebra

This paper presents the development of a dynamical tropical algebra-based model of a vaccination center, which can be used to control and optimize the admission of users during center's operation. In addition, an analysis of closed-loop control methods designed to maximize the system performance in terms of service rate and minimize users' waiting time, while observing occupancy constraints due to social distancing protocols recommended by sanitary authorities due to Covid epidemic, is presented. © 2023, Brazilian Society for Automatics--SBA.