Comparative study of four time series methods in forecasting typhoid fever incidence in China.

Accurate incidence forecasting of infectious disease is critical for early prevention and for better government strategic planning. In this paper, we present a comprehensive study of different forecasting methods based on the monthly incidence of typhoid fever. The seasonal autoregressive integrated...

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Main Authors: Xingyu Zhang, Yuanyuan Liu, Min Yang, Tao Zhang, Alistair A Young, Xiaosong Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3641111?pdf=render