Multi arm bandit optimization to mitigate covid19 risk

Abstract

Covid19 pandemic has occurred since 2019. The spread of the virus prevents humans from doing their normal activities. The inability of people to have normal activities also has a bad effect on the economy. The government is trying to start opening public activities in the hope of sustaining economic growth. However, this policy risks doubling the spread of the virus. This research proposes a way to mitigate the risk of the pandemic using multi arm bandit optimization. With this approach, the system is guided to independently look for which sectors can be opened and which sectors should be closed temporarily.