Epidemic model

Ecology

Biology

Identification (biology)

Statistics

Applied mathematics

Virology

Telecommunications

Computer science

Environmental health

Statistical physics

Thermodynamics

Physics

Disease transmission

Mathematics

Image (mathematics)

Work (physics)

Econometrics

Population

Infectious disease (medical specialty)

Artificial intelligence

Medicine

Transmission (telecommunications)

Noise (video)

Transmission rate

Disease

Pathology

Journal of Mathematical Biology

A recent parameter identification technique, the local lagged adapted generalized method of moments, is used to identify the time-dependent disease transmission rate and time-dependent noise for the stochastic susceptible, exposed, infectious, temporarily immune, susceptible disease model (SEIRS) with vital rates. The stochasticity appears in the model due to fluctuations in the time-dependent transmission rate of the disease. All other parameter values are assumed to be fixed, known constants. The method is demonstrated with US influenza data from the 2004-2005 through 2016-2017 influenza seasons. The transmission rate and noise intensity stochastically work together to generate the yearly peaks in infections. The local lagged adapted generalized method of moments is tested for forecasting ability. Forecasts are made for the 2016-2017 influenza season and for infection data in year 2017. The forecast method qualitatively matches a single influenza season. Confidence intervals are given for possible future infectious levels.

Parameter identification for a stochastic SEIRS epidemic model: case study influenza