Social distancing in the face of COVID-19: simulation of the maximum capacity of people through PHP

Peña Cáceres O.J.M.; More More M.A.; Cornejo Sojo R.E.; Garay Silupu E.R. · Ingenius (2022) · DOI: 10.17163/ings.n27.2022.01

Resumen

Confluence of people in internal or external areas considerably increases transmission of COVID-19, be-cause the social distancing established by the health system is not observed. The objective of this work was to use programming techniques with the PHP language (hypertext preprocessor), for developing an application that simulates the maximum number of people who can enter an internal or external area. The methodology enabled recognizing common internal and external areas, configuring the development envi-ronment, coding, simulation proposal and simulator execution where a practical case and ten places were evaluated to determine its reliability. The simulator provided the maximum people capacity of an internal or external area, honoring a social distancing of 2 m. Results enabled to know that using information technologies through programming techniques and the PHP language constitutes a technological alternative to fight against the spread of the virus.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional de Piura