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  • Epidemiology
  • Mathematical Biology
  • Computational Statistics

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  • Human behavior is a critical factor influencing infectious disease transmission dynamics.
  • Previous models often used parametric spatial risk functions with restrictive assumptions.
  • Incorporating behavioral change into spatio-temporal models remains a challenge.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate semi-parametric spatial models for infectious disease transmission.
  • To integrate an "alarm function" to model behavior changes based on infection prevalence.
  • To apply these models within a Bayesian Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) framework.

Main Methods:

  • Development and application of semi-parametric spatial models.
  • Utilizing an "alarm function" to represent behavioral responses to disease outbreaks.
  • Bayesian MCMC framework for parameter estimation and model fitting.
  • Analysis of simulated and real-life epidemic data.
  • Employing constant piecewise distance functions with fixed change points.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated the utility of semi-parametric models in capturing behavioral dynamics.
  • Successfully integrated an "alarm function" to account for adaptive human behavior.
  • Identified and selected optimal change points using the Deviance Information Criteria (DIC).

Conclusions:

  • Semi-parametric spatial models offer a more flexible and realistic approach to modeling infectious disease transmission with behavioral components.
  • The proposed "alarm function" effectively captures behavioral adjustments in response to disease prevalence.
  • The Bayesian MCMC framework and DIC provide robust tools for model fitting and selection in complex epidemiological scenarios.