Epidemic Forecasting is Messier Than Weather Forecasting: The Role of Human Behavior and Internet Data Streams in Epidemic Forecast

We describe some of similarities and differences between these 2 fields and how the epidemic modeling community is rising to the challenges posed by forecasting to help anticipate and guide the mitigation of epidemics. We conclude that some of the fundamental differences between these 2 fields, such as human behavior, make disease forecasting more challenging than weather forecasting.

Source: The Journal of Infectious Diseases - November 13, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Moran, K. R., Fairchild, G., Generous, N., Hickmann, K., Osthus, D., Priedhorsky, R., Hyman, J., Del Valle, S. Y. Tags: BIG DATA FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE SURVEILLANCE AND MODELING Source Type: research