The RAPIDD ebola forecasting challenge: Synthesis and lessons learnt

Infectious disease forecasting is gaining traction in the public health community; however, limited systematic comparisons of model performance exist. Here we present the results of a synthetic forecasting challenge inspired by the West African Ebola crisis in 2014–2015 and involving 16 internationa...

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Main Authors: Cécile Viboud, Kaiyuan Sun, Robert Gaffey, Marco Ajelli, Laura Fumanelli, Stefano Merler, Qian Zhang, Gerardo Chowell, Lone Simonsen, Alessandro Vespignani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-03-01
Series:Epidemics
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1755436517301275