Deep models forecast epidemics with uncertainty quantification.
problem Accurate probabilistic forecasting of epidemics is challenging due to nonlinear temporal dependencies and spatial interactions.
method Deep spatiotemporal engression methods with geometric ergodicity and asymptotic stationarity.
result Proposed methods outperform benchmarks in point and probabilistic forecasting.
Koopman-PINN framework improves epidemic model parameter inference and forecasting
problem Epidemic model parameter inference and forecasting
method Combining Koopman operator theory and physics-informed learning
result More accurate parameter estimation, trajectory reconstruction, and long-term forecasting
Model predicts COVID-19 cases with high accuracy using mobility data.
problem Accurate forecasting of COVID-19 cases for resource management.
method Heterogeneous infection rate model with human mobility, linearization, weighted least squares.
result Extremely accurate predictions of confirmed cases at country and state levels.
We study epidemic forecasting on real-world health data by a graph-structured recurrent neural network (GSRNN). We achieve state-of-the-art forecasting accuracy on the benchmark CDC dataset. To improve model efficiency, we sparsify the network weights via transformed-ℓ1 penalty and maintain prediction accuracy at…
Unified model forecasts epidemics with spatial and temporal dynamics.
problem Limited accuracy in traditional models and lack of interpretability in deep learning models.
method CSTGNN integrates Spatio-Contact SIR model with Graph Neural Networks.
result Effective spatiotemporal epidemic forecasting with interpretability.
Forecasting influenza-like illness (ILI) is of prime importance to epidemiologists and health-care providers. Early prediction of epidemic outbreaks plays a pivotal role in disease intervention and control. Most existing work has either limited long-term prediction performance or lacks a comprehensive ability to captur…
New method combines neural nets with epidemic models for better prediction.
problem Improving epidemic prediction and forecasting using deep neural networks.
method Integrates machine learning with compartmental disease models for data-driven analysis.
result Data augmentation strategy improves neural network reliability for epidemic forecasting.
EGDL predicts TB outbreaks with deep learning, integrating epidemiological models.
problem Predicting TB outbreaks with complex spatiotemporal dynamics.
method Modified MN-SIR model with Bayesian inference, deep neural networks.
result EGDL delivers robust and accurate TB outbreak predictions.
Develops a method to ensure accurate quantile forecasts across multiple levels.
problem Ensuring accurate quantile forecasts at multiple levels, even under distribution shifts.
method Multi-level quantile tracker (MultiQT) wraps around any forecaster to produce calibrated forecasts.
result Guaranteed calibration of quantile forecasts at multiple levels, even against adversarial shifts.
Study forecasts cholera outbreaks in Malawi using dynamic models.
problem Cholera transmission forecasting in developing countries.
method Qualitative dynamics, Monte Carlo Markov Chain, sensitivity analysis, machine learning.
result Enhanced cholera forecasting models improve future trends prediction.
New model captures long-term memory effects in epidemic dynamics.
problem Identifying memory effects in disease progression and recovery.
method Physics-informed neural networks (PINN) with fractional SEIRD model.
result Fractional memory order α improves predictive performance over classical models. STNN models forecast COVID-19 spread with improved accuracy.
problem Forecasting the spread of COVID-19 worldwide.
method Spatio-temporal Neural Network (STNN) incorporating spatial and temporal data.
result STNN models outperform classical models in accuracy and handling both spatial and temporal data.
Study forecasts COVID-19 cases in Iran using deep learning.
problem Predicting the spread of COVID-19 in Iran.
method Deep learning models (Prophet, LSTM, AR, ARIMA) for forecasting.
result Deep learning models outperform time series forecasting.
Seasonal influenza infects between 10 and 50 million people in the United States every year, overburdening hospitals during weeks of peak incidence. Named by the CDC as an important tool to fight the damaging effects of these epidemics, accurate forecasts of influenza and influenza-like illness (ILI) forewarn public he…
Seq2Seq models speed up epidemic model predictions.
problem Complex epidemic models are computationally expensive.
method Used deep seq2seq models as surrogates for complex models.
result Surrogates predict scenarios up to several thousand times faster.
This paper compares ML models for predicting COVID-19 trends.
problem Forecasting the spread of COVID-19 to reduce its impact.
method Applied ARDL method to identify relationships, then used ML models (SVM, RF, KNN, ANN) for prediction.
result Models accurately forecasted COVID-19 cases with low MAPE.
This paper studies uncertainty quantification in deep spatiotemporal forecasting.
problem Uncertainty quantification in deep spatiotemporal forecasting models.
method Analysis of UQ methods from Bayesian and frequentist perspectives, including statistical decision theory.
result Different UQ methods have different strengths and weaknesses, with Bayesian methods being more robust in mean prediction and frequentist methods providing more extensive coverage.
GPR models epidemic spread on logarithmic scale.
problem Modeling and predicting epidemic spread for policy decisions.
method Gaussian process regression (GPR) on logarithmic scale of infected cases.
result GPR predictions have high probability of being within 95% confidence interval for 94.29% of data.
Model for valuing options on epidemic spread.
problem Valuation of options on epidemic spread during an outbreak.
method Stochastic differential SIR model for epidemic dynamics.
result Parsimonious model for option valuation on epidemic spread.
Recently, the behavior of different epidemic models and their relation both to different types of geometries and to some biological models has been revisited . Path equations representing the behavior of epidemic models and their corresponding deviation vectors are examined. A comparison between paths and their deviati…
Study on stock market volatility and return dispersion during COVID-19.
problem Impact of COVID-19 on stock market volatility and return dispersion.
method Used Google index to proxy epidemic impact, modeled volatility, and analyzed influencing factors of log-return.
result Volatility significantly affected by epidemic and cross-sectional return dispersion, with positive coefficients.
New benchmark for earthquake forecasting models shows current neural point processes are not yet suitable.
problem Lack of a modern benchmark for evaluating neural point process models in earthquake forecasting.
method Curated and standardized earthquake catalog, evaluation protocols, and datasets.
result None of the tested NPPs outperformed the classical ETAS model.
Enformer and GEnformer use Transformers with stochastic learning to forecast multivariate and spatiotemporal data with uncertainty.
problem Uncertainty quantification in multivariate time series and spatiotemporal forecasting.
method Synthesizing Transformer's expressive power with stochastic learning to model conditional distributions directly.
result Enformer and GEnformer yield calibrated probabilistic forecasts and outperform state-of-the-art baselines.
PARNN improves ARNN with ARIMA feedback for accurate long-range forecasting.
problem Accurate long-range forecasting of complex time series data.
method Improves ARNN using ARIMA feedback, providing uncertainty quantification.
result PARNN outperforms state-of-the-art forecasters across various horizons.
Paper uses RL to optimize ICU load during COVID-19.
problem Optimizing ICU load during a pandemic.
method Combines epidemic model, Bayesian inference, and RL for adaptive intervention levels.
result RL policies reduce ICU burden compared to historical interventions.
A new machine learning model forecasts COVID-19 incidence at county level in the USA.
problem Inaccurate disease spread forecasting due to spatiotemporal homogeneity assumptions.
method Spatiotemporal machine learning using LSTM architecture with spatial and temporal features.
result COVID-LSTM outperforms COVID-19 Forecast Hub's Ensemble model in accuracy.
Opioid overdose is a growing public health crisis in the United States. This crisis, recognized as "opioid epidemic," has widespread societal consequences including the degradation of health, and the increase in crime rates and family problems. To improve the overdose surveillance and to identify the areas in need of p…
Paper introduces a new method to model epidemic dynamics with varying parameters.
problem Capturing discontinuous variations in epidemic model parameters.
method Total variation regularization with Iterated Nelder--Mead optimization.
result The method accurately models epidemic dynamics with instant changes.
Model predicts COVID-19 spread with better accuracy than existing methods.
problem Limited daily samples in time for data-driven methods.
method Integrated spatiotemporal model combining epidemic differential equations and RNN.
result Model outperforms existing methods in forecasting cases.
Unified model bridges mechanistic and non-mechanistic epidemic approaches.
problem Understanding the dynamics of epidemics with flexibility and interpretability.
method A mixture-based model representing time series as Gaussian mixtures, derived from a networked SIR framework.
result The model provides interpretable parameters and low prediction error, validating its use in understanding interventions.
Neural model outperforms ETAS in forecasting Central Apennines earthquakes.
problem Short-term seismicity forecasting with incomplete data.
method Extended a neural network model to the magnitude domain, using it to forecast earthquakes above a target magnitude threshold.
result Neural model outperforms ETAS at lower magnitude thresholds, due to its robustness to missing data.
New method for epidemic model inference using multinomial approximations.
problem Inference in stochastic epidemic models with partial observations.
method Recursive multinomial approximations to integrate over unobserved variables.
result Accuracy demonstrated through real and simulated data.
Spectral clustering is widely used to partition graphs into distinct modules or communities. Existing methods for spectral clustering use the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the graph Laplacian, an operator that is closely associated with random walks on graphs. We propose a new spectral partitioning method that exploi…
It is the main purpose of this paper to introduce a graph-valued stochastic process in order to model the spread of a communicable infectious disease. The major novelty of the SIR model we promote lies in the fact that the social network on which the epidemics is taking place is not specified in advance but evolves thr…
We approach the development of models and control strategies of susceptible-infected-susceptible (SIS) epidemic processes from the perspective of marked temporal point processes and stochastic optimal control of stochastic differential equations (SDEs) with jumps. In contrast to previous work, this novel perspective is…
PySR method automates discovering equations from data in chaotic dynamics and epidemics.
problem Discovering equations from complex data in dynamical systems.
method Symbolic regression methods, focusing on PySR.
result PySR method efficiently infers equations from chaotic dynamics and epidemic models, matching original forms.
In this paper, a unified susceptible-exposed-infected-susceptible-aware (SEIS-A) framework is proposed to combine epidemic spreading with individuals' on-line self-consultation behaviors. An epidemic spreading prediction model is established based on the SEIS-A framework. The prediction process contains two phases. In …
The latest financial crisis has painfully revealed the dangers arising from a globally interconnected financial system. Conventional approaches based on the notion of the existence of equilibrium and those which rely on statistical forecasting have seen to be inadequate to describe financial systems in any reasonable w…
Robust model detects outliers in spatiotemporal epidemic data.
problem Outliers in epidemic data can mislead public health decisions.
method RST-GAM with mean-shift, adaptive Lasso, splines, and proximal algorithm.
result Demonstrates effectiveness in real-world COVID-19 data analysis.
Predicting epidemic dynamics is of great value in understanding and controlling diffusion processes, such as infectious disease spread and information propagation. This task is intractable, especially when surveillance resources are very limited. To address the challenge, we study the problem of active surveillance, i.…
Study historical cholera epidemics and simulate long-term mortality impacts.
problem Long-term impacts of mortality shocks on longevity.
method Historical analysis of cholera epidemics and mathematical modeling of stochastic Individual-Based models.
result Simulated long-term mortality impacts following a mortality shock.
Graph Mixture Density Networks model multimodal data on graphs.
problem Challenging conditional density estimation problems with structured data.
method Combining mixture models and graph representation learning.
result Significant improvement in likelihood of epidemic outcomes.
New method for inferring Markov chains from large state spaces, applied to epidemic models.
problem Challenging to compute matrix exponentials and derivatives for large state spaces.
method Differentiated uniformization method for continuous-time Markov chains.
result Estimation of infection and recovery rates during the first wave of COVID-19 in Austria.
This paper analyzes complex equilibria in a networked bivirus epidemic model.
problem Identify conditions for coexistence equilibria in a networked bivirus model.
method Employ Poincaré-Hopf Theorem with modifications and Morse inequalities.
result Establish properties on the local stability/instability of coexistence equilibria.
We consider the problem of finding the graph on which an epidemic cascade spreads, given only the times when each node gets infected. While this is a problem of importance in several contexts -- offline and online social networks, e-commerce, epidemiology, vulnerabilities in infrastructure networks -- there has been ve…
Market trade-routes can support infectious-disease transmission, impacting biological populations and even disrupting causal trade. Epidemiological models increasingly account for reductions in infectious contact, such as risk-aversion behaviour in response to pathogen outbreaks. However, market dynamics clearly differ…
Study compares ARIMA, ETS, NNAR and hybrids for COVID-19 hospitalizations.
problem Forecasting the second wave of COVID-19 hospitalizations in Italy.
method ARIMA, ETS, NNAR, and hybrid models.
result Hybrid models outperform single models in capturing epidemic patterns.
Algorithm estimates COVID-19 cases from phone calls.
problem Delay in confirming COVID-19 cases.
method Modeling calls as background plus signal, fitting data with high R2. result Algorithm estimates cases days before lab results.