Incorporating dynamic flight network in SEIR to model mobility between populations

Autor: Xiaoye Ding, Shenyang Huang, Abby Leung, Reihaneh Rabbany
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Applied Network Science, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 1-24 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2364-8228
DOI: 10.1007/s41109-021-00378-3
Popis: Abstract Current efforts of modelling COVID-19 are often based on the standard compartmental models such as SEIR and their variations. As pre-symptomatic and asymptomatic cases can spread the disease between populations through travel, it is important to incorporate mobility between populations into the epidemiological modelling. In this work, we propose to modify the commonly-used SEIR model to account for the dynamic flight network, by estimating the imported cases based on the air traffic volume and the test positive rate. We conduct a case study based on data found in Canada to demonstrate how this modification, called Flight-SEIR, can potentially enable (1) early detection of outbreaks due to imported pre-symptomatic and asymptomatic cases, (2) more accurate estimation of the reproduction number and (3) evaluation of the impact of travel restrictions and the implications of lifting these measures. The proposed Flight-SEIR is essential in navigating through this pandemic and the next ones, given how interconnected our world has become.
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