6 papers
Few-shot Cross-country Generalization of Tabular Machine Learning and Foundation Models for Childhood Anemia Prediction under Distribution Shift
Yusuf Brima, Marcellin Atemkeng, Lansana Hassim Kallon +4
Childhood anemia affects around 40% of children aged 6-59 months globally and arises from heterogeneous factors, limiting model generalizability. We evaluate a transformer-based ta…
Modeling the yield curve of Burundian bond market by parametric models
Rédempteur Ntawiratsa, David Niyukuri, Irène Irakoze +1
The term structure of interest rates (yield curve) is a critical facet of financial analytics, impacting various investment and risk management decisions. It is used by the central…
Handling missing data in Burundian sovereign bond market
Irène Irakoze, Rédempteur Ntawiratsa, David Niyukuri
Constructing an accurate yield curve is essential for evaluating financial instruments and analyzing market trends in the bond market. However, in the case of the Burundian soverei…
Predicting malaria dynamics in Burundi using deep Learning Models
Daxelle Sakubu, Kelly Joelle Gatore Sinigirira, David Niyukuri
Malaria continues to be a major public health problem on the African continent, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. Nonetheless, efforts are ongoing, and significant progress has b…
Ebola transmission dynamics: will future Ebola outbreaks become cyclic?
David Niyukuri, Kelly Joelle Gatore Sinigirira, Jean De Dieu Kwizera +1
The Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) can persist in some body fluids after clinical recovery. In Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, there are well-documented cases of EVD re…
Mathematical Model for Transmission Dynamics of Tuberculosis in Burundi
Steve Sibomanaa, Kelly Joelle Gatore Sinigirira, Paterne Gahungu +1
Tuberculosis (TB) is among the main public health challenges in Burundi. The literature lacks mathematical models for key parameter estimates of TB transmission dynamics in Burundi…