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  • Computational Social Science
  • Epidemiological Modeling
  • Mathematical Biology

Background:

  • Mechanistic mathematical models of social dynamics are increasingly sophisticated due to advances in computing power and data availability.
  • Agent-based modeling (ABM) is a powerful approach for capturing spatial and behavioral realism in social dynamics, with applications in policy decision-making, such as during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Model calibration, aligning models to empirical data, is a time-consuming bottleneck, especially for computationally intensive ABMs used in time-sensitive policy contexts.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To address the computational bottleneck in calibrating agent-based models for policy decision-making.
  • To develop and demonstrate a more efficient calibration methodology for complex epidemiological models.
  • To widen the range of policy-relevant questions and scenarios that can be explored using agent-based models.

Main Methods:

  • Combination of history matching, heteroskedastic Gaussian process modeling, and approximate Bayesian computation.
  • Application of the novel calibration approach to a previously published and widely used epidemiological model, the Covasim model.
  • Focus on enhancing the efficiency of aligning agent-based models with empirical data.

Main Results:

  • Substantial increase in the efficiency of the model calibration process.
  • Demonstration of the approach's utility with a case study using the Covasim epidemiological model.
  • The developed methodology effectively addresses the time and computational constraints of model calibration.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed method significantly enhances the efficiency of agent-based model calibration.
  • This improved efficiency allows for a broader exploration of policy-relevant scenarios in time-sensitive situations.
  • The approach holds promise for improving the real-world utility of sophisticated mathematical models in policy.