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This study compared variable selection methods for infectious disease models. The spike-and-slab prior method demonstrated superior accuracy and computational efficiency for modeling disease spread.

Keywords:

AIC Boosting Individual-level models Spike-and-slab prior Two-stage Lasso Variable selection

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Area of Science:

Epidemiology
Mathematical Biology
Computational Statistics

Background:

Individual-level models enhance understanding of infectious disease transmission.
Incorporating covariates like spatial location and vaccination status is crucial.
Efficient variable selection methods are needed for complex models with many covariates.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore and develop methods for fitting individual-level infectious disease models with numerous covariates.
To enhance model performance, interpretability, and reduce computational burden.
To compare the efficacy of various variable selection techniques.

Main Methods:

Applied and compared Bayesian two-stage least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (Lasso), Akaike information criterion (AIC)-based stepwise selection, spike-and-slab priors, and random variable selection (boosting).
Evaluated methods using simulated datasets and real-world data from the UK 2001 foot-and-mouth disease outbreak.

Main Results:

Most variable selection methods performed consistently well.
The Bayesian two-stage Lasso method showed weaker performance compared to others.
Spike-and-slab priors achieved high accuracy and computational efficiency.

Conclusions:

The spike-and-slab prior method is recommended for variable selection in infectious disease modeling.
This method offers a balance of accuracy and computational speed.
Effective variable selection is key to improving infectious disease model utility.