7 papers
Integrating adaptive human behavior into epidemic models with large language models
Yicheng Mao, Haoyang Li, Rob Deardon +1
Infectious disease transmission is shaped by patterns of human interaction, which adapt as epidemic conditions change. Capturing these context-dependent behaviors remains a fundame…
Heterogeneous behavioral mechanisms in epidemiological models
Jessica Pavani, Rob Deardon, Alexandra M. Schmidt
Traditional epidemic models frequently assume behavioral homogeneity. The susceptible-infected-recovered model provides a robust foundation for characterizing disease transmission,…
Neural Posterior Estimation for Spatial Individual-Level Epidemic Models
Yicheng Mao, Rob Deardon
Spatial individual-level models (ILMs) provide a flexible framework for modeling infectious disease transmission across populations with known locations. Bayesian inference for the…
Hidden Markov Individual-level Models of Infectious Disease Transmission
Dirk Douwes-Schultz, Rob Deardon, Alexandra M. Schmidt
Individual-level epidemic models are increasingly being used to help understand the transmission dynamics of various infectious diseases. However, fitting such models to individual…
Bayesian compartmental modelling of MRSA transmission within hospitals in Edmonton, Canada
Ruoyu Li, Rob Deardon, Na Li +2
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterium that leads to severe infections in hospitalized patients. Previous epidemiological research has focused on MRSA tr…
Conditional logistic individual-level models of spatial infectious disease dynamics
Tahmina Akter, Rob Deardon
Here, we introduce a novel framework for modelling the spatiotemporal dynamics of disease spread known as conditional logistic individual-level models (CL-ILM's). This framework al…
Individual-level models of disease transmission incorporating piecewise spatial risk functions
Chinmoy Roy Rahul, Rob Deardon
Modelling epidemics is crucial for understanding the emergence, transmission, impact and control of diseases. Spatial individual-level models (ILMs) that account for population het…