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Published on: May 15, 2013
A computational stochastic procedure for solving the epidemic breathing transmission system
Najah AbuAli1, Muhammad Bilal Khan2, Zulqurnain Sabir3,4
1College of Information Technology, UAE University, P. O. Box 15551, Al Ain, UAE. najah@uaeu.ac.ae.
This study simulates a nonlinear breathing transmission epidemic model using stochastic scale conjugate gradient neural networks (SCGGNNs). The SCGGNNs method accurately models disease dynamics with minimal error, validating its effectiveness for epidemic forecasting.
Area of Science:
- Epidemiology
- Computational Mathematics
- Artificial Intelligence
Background:
- Breathing transmission epidemics pose significant public health challenges.
- Mathematical models are crucial for understanding and predicting epidemic dynamics.
- Nonlinear stiff ordinary differential equations often describe complex epidemic systems.
Purpose of the Study:
- To numerically simulate a nonlinear breathing transmission epidemic system.
- To propose and apply a novel stochastic scale conjugate gradient neural networks (SCGGNNs) procedure.
- To evaluate the accuracy and capability of the SCGGNNs for epidemic modeling.
Main Methods:
- Development of a mathematical model with four compartments: susceptible, exposed, infected, and recovered.
- Implementation of the stochastic scale conjugate gradient neural networks (SCGGNNs) with a log-sigmoid activation function and twenty hidden neurons.
- Numerical simulation of three distinct cases of the epidemic model using the SCGGNNs.
- Validation of the SCGGNNs accuracy by comparing results with database solutions and analyzing error metrics.
Main Results:
- The SCGGNNs achieved high precision with negligible absolute errors in the range of 10-06 to 10-07.
- Training, verification, and testing procedures successfully reduced the mean square error.
- The numerical simulations demonstrated the accuracy and capability of the SCGGNNs for the breathing transmission epidemic system.
- Error histograms, regression values, correlation tests, and state transitions confirmed the model's exactness.
Conclusions:
- The proposed stochastic SCGGNNs procedure is an effective and accurate method for simulating nonlinear breathing transmission epidemic systems.
- The SCGGNNs offer a reliable approach for epidemic forecasting and analysis.
- The study validates the robustness and precision of the SCGGNNs in handling complex mathematical models.
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