Single Parameter Estimation Approach for Robust Estimation of SIR Model With Limited and Noisy Data: The Case for COVID-19
| Autor: | Mesut Ozdinc, Selcen Ozturkcan, Kerem Şenel |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
media_common.quotation_subject coronavirus Variation (game tree) Epidemic models 03 medical and health sciences Permutation 0302 clinical medicine Robustness (computer science) Econometrics Humans Quality (business) 030212 general & internal medicine Pandemics Original Research 030304 developmental biology media_common Estimation 0303 health sciences Models Statistical Series (mathematics) SARS-CoV-2 Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health COVID-19 robust estimation Coronavirus Ekonomi och näringsliv Robust estimation Economics and Business SIR epidemic models Epidemiologic Methods Epidemic model Algorithms |
| Zdroj: | Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness |
| ISSN: | 1938-744X 1935-7893 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/dmp.2020.220 |
| Popis: | Objective:The susceptible-infected-removed (SIR) model and its variants are widely used to predict the progress of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) worldwide, despite their rather simplistic nature. Nevertheless, robust estimation of the SIR model presents a significant challenge, particularly with limited and possibly noisy data in the initial phase of the pandemic.Methods:The K-means algorithm is used to perform a cluster analysis of the top 10 countries with the highest number of COVID-19 cases, to observe if there are any significant differences among countries in terms of robustness.Results:As a result of model variation tests, the robustness of parameter estimates is found to be particularly problematic in developing countries. The incompatibility of parameter estimates with the observed characteristics of COVID-19 is another potential problem. Hence, a series of research questions are visited.Conclusions:We propose a Single Parameter Estimation (SPE) approach to circumvent these potential problems if the basic SIR is the model of choice, and we check the robustness of this new approach by model variation and structured permutation tests. Dissemination of quality predictions is critical for policy- and decision-makers in shedding light on the next phases of the pandemic. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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