TY - JOUR
T1 - The RAPIDD Ebola forecasting challenge special issue
T2 - Preface
AU - Simonsen, Lone
AU - Viboud, Cecile
AU - Chowell, Gerardo
AU - Vespignani, Alex
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Interest in disease forecasting is growing, stimulated by the continued threat of emerging infections, increased modeling capabilities, and a more porous interface between the modeling community and policy experts who make decisions to roll out interventions (Chretien et al., 2015a). Forecasting competitions are common in the field of meteorology and climate, but have just started to percolate the field of disease modeling. Key examples include the multi-year seasonal flu contest initiated by the US CDC in 2015, the dengue challenge organized by NOAA, and the chikungunya challenge led by DARPA (DARPA, 2015, Biggerstaff et al., 2016; NOAA, 2015). In this special issue, we describe the Ebola forecasting challenge led by the US National Institute of Health in 2015–2016, as part of their Research And Policy in Infectious Disease Dynamics (RAPIDD) program.
AB - Interest in disease forecasting is growing, stimulated by the continued threat of emerging infections, increased modeling capabilities, and a more porous interface between the modeling community and policy experts who make decisions to roll out interventions (Chretien et al., 2015a). Forecasting competitions are common in the field of meteorology and climate, but have just started to percolate the field of disease modeling. Key examples include the multi-year seasonal flu contest initiated by the US CDC in 2015, the dengue challenge organized by NOAA, and the chikungunya challenge led by DARPA (DARPA, 2015, Biggerstaff et al., 2016; NOAA, 2015). In this special issue, we describe the Ebola forecasting challenge led by the US National Institute of Health in 2015–2016, as part of their Research And Policy in Infectious Disease Dynamics (RAPIDD) program.
KW - Ebola
KW - Pandemic Threats
KW - Mathematical Modeling
U2 - 10.1016/j.epidem.2017.10.003
DO - 10.1016/j.epidem.2017.10.003
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1755-4365
VL - 2018
SP - 1
EP - 2
JO - Epidemics
JF - Epidemics
IS - 22
ER -