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  • Statistics
  • Time Series Analysis
  • Epidemiological Modeling

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  • Unimodal time series forecasting presents unique challenges.
  • Accurate modeling of infectious disease spread, such as COVID-19, is crucial for public health.
  • Existing forecasting models may not fully capture the characteristics of unimodal data.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose and evaluate Gaussian and Lerch models for unimodal time series forecasting.
  • To compare parameter estimation techniques, specifically minimization of absolute residuals with and without a weighted median.
  • To apply these models to forecast daily COVID-19 infections in China and derive confidence intervals.

Main Methods:

  • Development of Gaussian (3-parameter) and Lerch (4-parameter) models.
  • Parameter estimation via minimization of the sum of absolute residuals.
  • Comparison of estimation methods: with and without a weighted median.
  • Application to daily COVID-19 infection data from China.

Main Results:

  • Both Gaussian and Lerch models were applied to COVID-19 daily infection data.
  • Parameter estimation was performed using two distinct minimization approaches.
  • Confidence intervals for daily infection forecasts were successfully derived from local minima.
  • The performance comparison of the weighted median approach versus no weighted median was conducted.

Conclusions:

  • The Gaussian and Lerch models offer viable approaches for unimodal time series forecasting.
  • The choice of parameter estimation method (with or without weighted median) impacts model results.
  • The models provide a framework for generating confidence intervals in epidemiological forecasting.
  • The study demonstrates the utility of these models in a real-world application concerning COVID-19 spread.