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Machine Learning Models for covid-19 future forecasting.

Ramesh Kumar Mojjada¹, Arvind Yadav¹, A V Prabhu²

¹Department of Computer Engineering, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Vaddeswaram, Guntur, India.

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Summary

Machine learning models effectively predict COVID-19 cases, mortality, and recoveries. Linear Regression demonstrated particular strength in forecasting these key pandemic indicators over a 10-day period.

Keywords:

COVID-19 R2 score adjusted exponential process of smoothing future forecasting machine learning supervised

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Area of Science:

Computational epidemiology
Health informatics
Machine learning applications

Background:

Machine learning (ML) is crucial for predicting outcomes and identifying adverse risk factors.
COVID-19 presents a significant global health threat, necessitating accurate predictive modeling.
Previous applications of ML have focused on risk factor detection.

Purpose of the Study:

To predict the number of COVID-19 cases, mortality rates, and recovery numbers using ML models.
To evaluate the effectiveness of various ML algorithms in forecasting COVID-19 trends.
To provide insights for informed decision-making during the pandemic.

Main Methods:

Utilized several machine learning models including Exponential Smoothing (ES), Lower Absolute Reductor and Selection Operator (LASSO), Support Vector Machine (SVM), and Linear Regression (LR).
Each model was trained to predict three key metrics: new infections, mortality, and recoveries.
Forecasts were generated for the subsequent 10-day period.

Main Results:

The study demonstrated the capability of ML models to predict COVID-19 related numbers.
Linear Regression (LR) proved particularly effective in forecasting new cases, mortality, and recovery rates.
The predictive performance of the analyzed models was validated for the current COVID-19 situation.

Conclusions:

Machine learning, especially Linear Regression, offers a valuable tool for predicting COVID-19 dynamics.
Accurate short-term forecasting of cases, deaths, and recoveries is achievable with these computational methods.
The findings support the use of ML in managing and responding to public health crises like COVID-19.