Uncertainty quantification in mechanistic epidemic models via cross-entropy approximate Bayesian computation

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This paper proposes a data-driven approximate Bayesian computation framework for parameter estimation and uncertainty quantification of epidemic models, which incorporates two novelties: (i) the identification of the initial conditions by using plausible dynamic states that are compatible with observational data; (ii) learning of an informative prior distribution for the model parameters via the cross-entropy method. The new methodology's effectiveness is illustrated with the aid of actual data from the COVID-19 epidemic in Rio de Janeiro city in Brazil, employing an ordinary differential equation-based model with a generalized SEIR mechanistic structure that includes time-dependent transmission rate, asymptomatics, and hospitalizations. A minimization problem with two cost terms (number of hospitalizations and deaths) is formulated, and twelve parameters are identified. The calibrated model provides a consistent description of the available data, able to extrapolate forecasts over a few weeks, making the proposed methodology very appealing for real-time epidemic modeling.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:111

Enthalten in:

Nonlinear dynamics - 111(2023), 10 vom: 30., Seite 9649-9679

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cunha, Americo [VerfasserIn]
Barton, David A W [VerfasserIn]
Ritto, Thiago G [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

ABC inference
COVID-19 modeling
Cross-entropy method
Journal Article
Machine learning
Uncertainty quantification

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Date Revised 12.04.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s11071-023-08327-8

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM355300966