Change sign detection with differential MDL change statistics and its applications to COVID-19 pandemic analysis

Abstract We are concerned with the issue of detecting changes and their signs from a data stream. For example, when given time series of COVID-19 cases in a region, we may raise early warning signals of an epidemic by detecting signs of changes in the data. We propose a novel methodology to address...

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Main Authors: Kenji Yamanishi, Linchuan Xu, Ryo Yuki, Shintaro Fukushima, Chuan-hao Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-98781-4