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We developed dynamic survival analysis (DSA), a new method for analyzing epidemic models with minimal assumptions. DSA accurately estimates parameters using infection and recovery times, proving versatile for real-world disease data.

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  • Epidemiology
  • Mathematical Biology
  • Computational Statistics

Background:

  • Stochastic epidemic models are crucial for understanding disease spread.
  • Current analysis methods often require strong assumptions about disease dynamics.
  • Accurate parameter estimation is vital for effective public health interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a novel, assumption-light method for analyzing stochastic epidemic models.
  • To demonstrate the utility of dynamic survival analysis (DSA) for parameter estimation.
  • To provide a practical tool for epidemic data analysis.

Main Methods:

  • Developed dynamic survival analysis (DSA), linking population-level ODEs to individual-level event times.
  • Constructed a non-Markovian agent-based model derived from mean-field approximations.
  • Created an agent-level likelihood function for infection/recovery time data.

Main Results:

  • DSA demonstrated high accuracy in analyzing both synthetic and real-world epidemic data.
  • The method proved versatile for likelihood-based parameter estimation.
  • Successful application to foot-and-mouth disease (UK, 2001) and COVID-19 (India, 2020) datasets.

Conclusions:

  • Dynamic survival analysis (DSA) offers a powerful and flexible approach to stochastic epidemic modeling.
  • The method reduces the need for strong parametric assumptions in epidemic analysis.
  • A practical software package facilitates the application of DSA for researchers and public health professionals.