Author: Choi, Boseung; Rempala, Grzegorz A
Title: Inference for discretely observed stochastic kinetic networks with applications to epidemic modeling. Cord-id: v8ikly1u Document date: 2012_1_1
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Snippet: We present a new method for Bayesian Markov Chain Monte Carlo-based inference in certain types of stochastic models, suitable for modeling noisy epidemic data. We apply the so-called uniformization representation of a Markov process, in order to efficiently generate appropriate conditional distributions in the Gibbs sampler algorithm. The approach is shown to work well in various data-poor settings, that is, when only partial information about the epidemic process is available, as illustrated on
Document: We present a new method for Bayesian Markov Chain Monte Carlo-based inference in certain types of stochastic models, suitable for modeling noisy epidemic data. We apply the so-called uniformization representation of a Markov process, in order to efficiently generate appropriate conditional distributions in the Gibbs sampler algorithm. The approach is shown to work well in various data-poor settings, that is, when only partial information about the epidemic process is available, as illustrated on the synthetic data from SIR-type epidemics and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention data from the onset of the H1N1 pandemic in the United States.
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