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ArticlePloS one2021

A hybrid approach to forecast the COVID-19 epidemic trend.

Saqib Ali Nawaz, Jingbing Li, Uzair Aslam Bhatti, Sibghat Ullah Bazai, Asmat Zafar, Mughair Aslam Bhatti, Anum Mehmood, Qurat Ul Ain, Muhammad Usman Shoukat

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Article in PloS one, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Saqib Ali NawazCollege of Information and Communication Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3342-7874
Jingbing LiCollege of Information and Communication Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou, China.
Uzair Aslam BhattiSchool of Geography (Remote Sensing), Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Sibghat Ullah BazaiDepartment of Computer Engineering, BUITEMS, Quetta, Pakistan.
Asmat ZafarGeneral Nursing College DHQ Hospital, Jhang, Pakistan.
Mughair Aslam BhattiSchool of Geography (Remote Sensing), Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Anum MehmoodMedical School of Southeast University, Nanjing, P.R. China.
Qurat Ul AinSchool of Geography (Remote Sensing), Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Muhammad Usman ShoukatSchool of Automation and Information, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Yibin, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Studying the progress and trend of the novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) transmission mode will help effectively curb its spread. Some commonly used infectious disease prediction models are introduced. The hybrid model is proposed, which overcomes the disadvantages of the logistic model's inability to predict the number of confirmed diagnoses and the drawbacks of too many tuning parameters of the SEIR (Susceptible, Exposed, Infectious, Recovered) model. The realization and superiority of the prediction of the proposed model are proven through experiments. At the same time, the influence of different initial values of the parameters that need to be debugged on the hybrid model is further studied, and the mean error is used to quantify the prediction effect. By forecasting epidemic size and peak time and simulating the effects of public health interventions, this paper aims to clarify the transmission dynamics of COVID-19 and recommend operation suggestions to slow down the epidemic. It is suggested that the quick detection of cases, sufficient implementation of quarantine and public self-protection behaviours are critical to slow down the epidemic.

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COVID-19HumansLogistic ModelsModels, TheoreticalQuarantineSARS-CoV-2

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PMID34606503
PMCPMC8489714

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