Mangiarotti Sylvain, Peyre M., Zhang Y., Huc M., Roger F., Kerr Y. (2020). Chaos theory applied to the outbreak of COVID-19 : an ancillary approach to decision making in pandemic context. Epidemiology and Infection, 148, p. art. e95 [9p.]. ISSN 0950-2688.
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Chaos theory applied to the outbreak of COVID-19 : an ancillary approach to decision making in pandemic context
Mangiarotti Sylvain, Peyre M., Zhang Y., Huc M., Roger F., Kerr Y.
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Epidemiology and Infection, 2020,
148, p. art. e95 [9p.] ISSN 0950-2688
While predicting the course of an epidemic is difficult, predicting the course of a pandemic from an emerging virus is even more so. The validity of most predictive models relies on numerous parameters, involving biological and social characteristics often unknown or highly uncertain. Data of the COVID-19 epidemics in China, Japan, South Korea and Italy were used to build up deterministic models without strong assumptions. These models were then applied to other countries to identify the closest scenarios in order to foresee their coming behaviour. The models enabled to predict situations that were confirmed little by little, proving that these tools can be efficient and useful for decision making in a quickly evolving operational context.
