3 papers
cs.SI2023
Nowcasting Temporal Trends Using Indirect Surveys
Ajitesh Srivastava, Juan Marcos Ramírez, Sergio Díaz-Aranda +4
Indirect surveys, in which respondents provide information about other people they know, have been proposed for estimating (nowcasting) the size of a \emph{hidden population} where…
physics.soc-ph2021
Estimating Active Cases of COVID-19
Javier Álvarez, Carlos Baquero, Elisa Cabana +17
Having accurate and timely data on confirmed active COVID-19 cases is challenging, since it depends on testing capacity and the availability of an appropriate infrastructure to per…
cs.DC2020
CoronaSurveys: Using Surveys with Indirect Reporting to Estimate the Incidence and Evolution of Epidemics
Oluwasegun Ojo, Augusto García-Agundez, Benjamin Girault +22
The world is suffering from a pandemic called COVID-19, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. National governments have problems evaluating the reach of the epidemic, due to having limit…