Predicting and controlling the Ebola infection

We present a comparison between two different mathematical models used in the description of the Ebola virus propagation currently occurring in West Africa. In order to improve the prediction and the control of the propagation of the virus, numerical simulations and optimal control of the two models for Ebola are investigated. In particular, we study when the two models generate similar results. This is a preprint of a paper whose final and definite form will be published in Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences, ISSN 0170-4214. Submitted 31-Aug-2015; revised 16-Nov-2015; accepted 19-Nov-2015