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ArticleNonlinear dynamics2020

Understanding COVID-19 nonlinear multi-scale dynamic spreading in Italy.

Giuseppe Quaranta, Giovanni Formica, J Tenreiro Machado, Walter Lacarbonara, Sami F Masri

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Article in Nonlinear dynamics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Giuseppe QuarantaDepartment of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, via Eudossiana 18, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8295-0912
Giovanni FormicaDepartment of Architecture, University of Rome Tre, via Madonna dei Monti 40, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6410-8083
J Tenreiro MachadoDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Institute of Engineering, Polytechnic of Port, Rua Dr. Antònio Bernardino de Almeida, 431, 4249-015 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-4274-4879
Walter LacarbonaraDepartment of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, via Eudossiana 18, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8780-281X
Sami F MasriDepartment of Civil Engineering, University of Southern California, 3620 S. Vermont Ave, KAP 210, MC 2531, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2531 USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5856-4456

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The outbreak of COVID-19 in Italy took place in Lombardia, a densely populated and highly industrialized northern region, and spread across the northern and central part of Italy according to quite different temporal and spatial patterns. In this work, a multi-scale territorial analysis of the pandemic is carried out using various models and data-driven approaches. Specifically, a logistic regression is employed to capture the evolution of the total positive cases in each region and throughout Italy, and an enhanced version of a SIR-type model is tuned to fit the different territorial epidemic dynamics via a differential evolution algorithm. Hierarchical clustering and multidimensional analysis are further exploited to reveal the similarities/dissimilarities of the remarkably different geographical epidemic developments. The combination of parametric identifications and multi-scale data-driven analyses paves the way toward a closer understanding of the nonlinear, spatially nonuniform epidemic spreading in Italy.

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Compartmental modelComputational intelligenceCOVID-19Logistic regressionNonlinear infection dynamicsParametric identification

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