A Deep Learning Approach to Forecast SARS-CoV-2 on the Peruvian Coast

I. Luis Aguilar, Miguel Ibáñez-Reluz, Juan C.Z. Aguilar, Elí W. Zavaleta-Aguilar, L. Antonio Aguilar

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Abstract

The current spreading of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic had put all the scientific community in alert. Even in the presence of different vaccines, the active virus still represents a global challenge. Due to its rapid spreading and uncertain nature, having the ability to forecast its dynamics becomes a necessary tool in the development of fast and efficient health policies. This study implements a temporal convolutional neural network (TCN), trained with the open covid-19 data set sourced by the Health Ministry of Peru (MINSA) on the Peruvian coast. In order to obtain a robust model, the data was divided into validation and training sets, without overlapping. Using the validation set the model architecture and hyper-parameters were found with Bayesian optimization. Using the optimal configuration the TCN was trained with a test and forecasting window of 15 days ahead. Predictions on available data were made from March 06, 2020 until April 13, 2021, whereas forecasting from April 14 to April 29, 2021. In order to account for uncertainty, the TCN estimated the 5%, 50% and 95% prediction quantiles. Evaluation was made using the MAE, MAD, MSLE, RMSLE and PICP metrics. Results suggested some variations in the data distribution. Test results shown an improvement of 24.241, 0.704 and 0.422 for the MAD, MSLE and RMSLE metrics respectively. Finally, the prediction interval analysis shown an average of 97.886% and 97.778% obtained by the model in the train and test partitions.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationComputational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2021 - 21st International Conference, Proceedings
EditorsOsvaldo Gervasi, Beniamino Murgante, Sanjay Misra, Chiara Garau, Ivan Blečić, David Taniar, Bernady O. Apduhan, Ana Maria Rocha, Eufemia Tarantino, Carmelo Maria Torre
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages304-319
Number of pages16
ISBN (Print)9783030869694
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
Externally publishedYes
Event21st International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2021 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 13 Sep 202116 Sep 2021

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume12951 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference21st International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2021
CityVirtual, Online
Period13/09/2116/09/21

Keywords

  • Deep learning
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Temporal convolutional neural networks
  • Time series data

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