9 General SIR Model and Its Exact Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
10 Procedures of Parameter Identification for the Waves
of Epidemics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
11 Applications of the General SIR Model for Calculations
of the COVID-19 Epidemic Waves in Ukraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
12 Global Waves of the COVID-19 Pandemic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
13 Long-Time Predictions for the Pandemic Dynamics . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
14 Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
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