Background Over the past few decades, numerous forecasting methods have been
proposed in the field of epidemic forecasting. Such methods can be classified into different
categories such as deterministic vs. probabilistic, comparative methods vs. generative
methods, and so on. In some of the more popular comparative methods, researchers
compare observed epidemiological data from the early stages of an outbreak with the output
of proposed models to forecast the future trend and prevalence of the pandemic. A …

Background: Over the past few decades, numerous forecasting methods have been
proposed in the field of epidemic forecasting. Such methods can be classified into different
categories such as deterministic vs. probabilistic, comparative methods vs. generative
methods, and so on. In some of the more popular comparative methods, researchers
compare observed epidemiological data from early stages of an outbreak with the output of
proposed models to forecast the future trend and prevalence of the pandemic. A significant …