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  • Health decision sciences
  • Computational modeling
  • Biostatistics

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  • Bayesian calibration is superior for estimating joint posterior distributions but faces barriers due to complex programming and computational demands.
  • Existing methods require specialized programming in probabilistic languages, limiting accessibility and increasing computational burden.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce Bayesian Calibration using Artificial Neural Networks (BayCANN) as a practical solution to overcome barriers in Bayesian calibration.
  • To demonstrate BayCANN's effectiveness in health decision sciences, particularly for complex models.

Main Methods:

  • BayCANN involves training an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) metamodel on model inputs/outputs.
  • The trained ANN metamodel is then calibrated, avoiding direct calibration of the full complex model.
  • A colorectal cancer natural history model was used for illustration and comparison with traditional methods.

Main Results:

  • BayCANN successfully calibrated a colorectal cancer model using only input/output data.
  • BayCANN showed slightly higher accuracy in recovering true parameter estimates compared to Incremental Mixture Importance Sampling (IMIS).
  • BayCANN achieved calibration in 15 minutes, significantly faster than IMIS (80 minutes), indicating substantial speed gains for computationally intensive models.

Conclusions:

  • BayCANN simplifies Bayesian calibration by using only model input/output datasets, making it adaptable to various model complexities.
  • The efficiency of BayCANN is particularly beneficial for computationally expensive simulations.
  • An open-source implementation of BayCANN in R and Stan is provided to encourage wider adoption.