期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FORECASTING
卷 38, 期 2, 页码 439-452出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijforecast.2020.11.010
关键词
COVID-19; Decision making; Exponential smoothing; Pandemic; Time series forecasting; Uncertainty
Forecasting the outcome of outbreaks is crucial for decision-making, but the severity and the socioeconomic consequences of outbreaks are difficult to predict. This paper presents a statistical time series approach to model and predict the short-term behavior of COVID-19, which offers competitive forecast accuracy and estimates of uncertainty.
Forecasting the outcome of outbreaks as early and as accurately as possible is crucial for decision-making and policy implementations. A significant challenge faced by forecasters is that not all outbreaks and epidemics turn into pandemics, making the prediction of their severity difficult. At the same time, the decisions made to enforce lockdowns and other mitigating interventions versus their socioeconomic consequences are not only hard to make, but also highly uncertain. The majority of modeling approaches to outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics take an epidemiological approach that considers biological and disease processes. In this paper, we accept the limitations of forecasting to predict the long-term trajectory of an outbreak, and instead, we propose a statistical, time series approach to modelling and predicting the short-term behavior of COVID-19. Our model assumes a multiplicative trend, aiming to capture the continuation of the two variables we predict (global confirmed cases and deaths) as well as their uncertainty. We present the timeline of producing and evaluating 10-day-ahead forecasts over a period of four months. Our simple model offers competitive forecast accuracy and estimates of uncertainty that are useful and practically relevant. (c) 2020 International Institute of Forecasters. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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