Health IT Analytics November 4, 2020
A predictive analytics tool leverages location data to accurately forecast flu outbreaks up to 15 weeks in advance.
A predictive analytics system was able to use location data to foresee flu outbreaks, outperforming other state-of-the-art forecasting tools with an eleven percent increase in accuracy.
The tool, developed by researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology, can find patterns in the way influenza infections flow from one region to another, and use patterns identified in one region to inform predictions in other locations.
The team trained the predictive analytics algorithm using real-world state and regional data from the US and Japan. Researchers then tested the model’s forecasts against historical flu data.
While other models can use past data to forecast flu outbreaks...
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