Using participatory web-based surveillance data to improve seasonal influenza forecasting in Italy

26th International World Wide Web Conference, WWW 2017

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 303-310

  Perrotta, Daniela ^a   Tizzoni, Michele ^a   Paolotti, Daniela ^a  

^a ISI FOUNDATION   (Italy)

Author keywords

Forecasts; Influenza; Modeling; Participatory surveillance; Web based surveillance

Indexed keywords

DATA MINING; FORECASTING; MODELS; NETWORK SECURITY; WEBSITES;

ACCURATE PREDICTION; AUTOREGRESSIVE EXOGENOUS (ARX) MODELS; INFLUENZA; PREDICTIVE ABILITIES; PUBLIC-HEALTH AGENCIES; REAL-TIME FORECASTS; SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS; WEB BASED;

MONITORING;

EID: 85051566397     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/3038912.3052670     Document Type: Conference Paper

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