The project focuses on providing a recommendation system that applies several interaction restrictions to study the infection rate or propagation of COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia, informing specific organisations on what they need to follow to minimise the infection rate or propagation of COVID-19. The outcome of this study is to create a system using a temporal network design that provides real-time recommendations to potentially minimise the rate of infection or propagation of COVID-19 in Saudi Arabian firms.
The recommendations provided for the firms will serve as a model for the Saudi Arabian government and the citizenry on how to reduce the risk of infection spreading of COVID-19. This project can be used by the Saudi Arabian company employees to decide on the maximum time they should conduct face-to-face meetings or whether or not to conduct meetings to avoid unnecessary spreading of COVID-19. This project introduces a system that allows the employees of Saudi Arabian companies to minimise the spread of COVID-19 mostly by early termination, such as stopping a meeting before the virus spreads among the participants. The project was funded by The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia Cultural Bureau.
Team
- Hanin Alzahrani (PhD Student), Newcastle University
- Dr Othon Michail, University of Liverpool