Khaled Ahmed S, Mohammed Ali R, Maha Lashin M, Fayroz Sherif F
Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Benha University, Egypt.
Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Future University, Cairo, Egypt.
Biomed Signal Process Control. 2023 Jan;79:104100. doi: 10.1016/j.bspc.2022.104100. Epub 2022 Aug 26.
Decreasing the COVID spread of infection among patients at physical isolation hospitals during the coronavirus pandemic was the main aim of all governments in the world. It was required to increase isolation places in the hospital's rules to prevent the spread of infection. To deal with influxes of infected COVID-19 patients' quick solutions must be explored. The presented paper studies converting natural rooms in hospitals into isolation sections and constructing new isolation cabinets using prefabricated components as alternative and quick solutions. Artificial Intelligence (AI) helps in the selection and making of a decision on which type of solution will be used. A Multi-Layer Perceptron Neural Network (MLPNN) model is a type of artificial intelligence technique used to design and implement on time, cost, available facilities, area, and spaces as input parameters. The MLPNN result decided to select a prefabricated approach since it saves 43% of the time while the cost was the same for the two approaches. Forty-five hospitals have implemented a prefabricated solution which gave excellent results in a short period of time at reduced costs based on found facilities and spaces. Prefabricated solutions provide a shorter time and lower cost by 43% and 78% in average values respectively as compared to retrofitting existing natural ventilation rooms.
在新冠疫情期间,减少实体隔离医院中患者之间新冠病毒感染的传播是世界各国政府的主要目标。根据医院规定,需要增加隔离场所以防止感染传播。为应对新冠病毒感染患者的大量涌入,必须探索快速解决方案。本文研究将医院的自然房间改造成隔离区,并使用预制构件建造新的隔离柜作为替代的快速解决方案。人工智能(AI)有助于选择并决定采用哪种类型的解决方案。多层感知器神经网络(MLPNN)模型是一种人工智能技术,用于以时间、成本、可用设施、面积和空间作为输入参数进行设计和实施。MLPNN的结果决定选择预制方法,因为它节省了43%的时间,而两种方法的成本相同。45家医院采用了预制解决方案,基于现有的设施和空间,在短时间内以降低的成本取得了优异的效果。与改造现有的自然通风房间相比,预制解决方案平均分别节省43%的时间和78%的成本。