可解释的空间认同基于神经网络的流行病预测
Lanjun Luo1, Boxiao Li2, Xueyan Wang3
1School of Management, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, China.
Scientific reports
|October 24, 2023
概括
本研究引入了一个可解释空间身份 (ISID) 神经网络,用于传染病预测. ISID模型为公共卫生应用提供了准确的预测,并增强了可解释性.
科学领域:
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 数据科学数据科学数据科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 传染病预测对于公共卫生管理至关重要.
- 目前用于流行病预测的深度学习模型通常是复杂的,缺乏可解释性.
- 现有的方法难以平衡预测准确性和清晰的解释.
研究的目的:
- 开发一个可解释和轻量级的神经网络,用于区域每周传染病人数预测.
- 通过模型可解释性,增强对流行病传播动态的理解.
- 为公共卫生专家提供流行病风险分析的可靠工具.
主要方法:
- 将经典的时空身份模型 (STID) 简化为可解释空间身份 (ISID) 网络.
- 纳入一个可选的空间身份矩阵来建模区域间传染.
- 使用夏普利添加式解释 (SHAP) 方法进行后期模型解释.
主要成果:
- 与现有方法相比,ISID模型显示出令人满意的流行病预测性能.
- SHAP分析显示,ISID在输入序列中优先考虑近距离和远距离的数据点.
- 该模型有效地学习了不同地区之间的传染关系.
结论:
- ISID神经网络为传染病人数预测提供了可靠和可解释的解决方案.
- 该模型的可解释性有助于公共卫生专家了解流行病的动态.
- 这种方法为时空流行病风险分析提供了更为连贯的框架.
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