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A new ensemble modeling method for infectious disease forecasting improves prediction accuracy and uncertainty quantification. This approach, utilizing random model selection, outperforms individual models and weighted ensembles across diverse epidemic datasets.

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  • Epidemiology
  • Computational Biology
  • Mathematical Modeling

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  • Ensemble modeling integrates individual models to enhance forecasting performance.
  • Dynamic growth processes, often modeled by non-linear differential equations, are crucial for understanding infectious disease spread.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a novel ensemble methodology for forecasting dynamic growth processes, specifically applied to infectious disease trajectories.
  • To assess the performance of two ensemble modeling schemes for forecasting and uncertainty quantification.

Main Methods:

  • Proposed and evaluated two ensemble modeling schemes employing parametric bootstrapping for trajectory forecasting.
  • Utilized established growth models (Richards, generalized-logistic, Gompertz) and tested with simulated and real-world epidemic data (Ebola, influenza, plague, Zika, COVID-19).

Main Results:

  • The ensemble method using random model selection at each time point outperformed individual models and a weighted ensemble.
  • Achieved more realistic uncertainty bounds, better 95% prediction interval coverage, and improved mean interval scores across various epidemic datasets.

Conclusions:

  • The developed ensemble forecasting methodology surpasses component models and alternative ensemble approaches in accuracy and uncertainty estimation.
  • This method offers a robust tool for predicting infectious disease trajectories with improved reliability.