Table 7 AI/machine learning models for forecasting the COVID-19 epidemic.

From: Forecasting the spread of COVID-19 based on policy, vaccination, and Omicron data

Authors

Target Regions

Response variables

Predictor variables

Prediction models

Pinter et al. (2020)

Single region

Daily new cases

Mortality rate

Single variable

(past observation)

Multiple models

(MLP-ICA, ANFIS)

Saba and Elsheikh (2020)

Single region

Cumulative cases

Single variable

(past observation)

Multiple models

(ARIMA, NARANN)

Ramazi et al. (2021)

Single region

Daily new cases

Daily new deaths

Multiple variables

(daily COVID-19 tests

daily temperature

daily precipitation

Google mobility)

Multiple models

(LaFoPaFo,UCLA-SuEIR, STH-3PU, etc.)

Gomez-Cravioto et al. (2021)

Single region

Daily new cases

Daily new deaths

Multiple variables

(weather information—temperature, UV index, humidity, etc

Google mobility)

Multiple models

(logistic growth curve, ARIMA, LSTM, etc.)

Elsheikh et al. (2021)

Multiple regions

Cumulative cases

Cumulative recovered

Cumulative deaths

Single variable

(past observation)

Multiple models

(ARIMA, NARANN, LSTM)

Al-qaness et al. (2021)

Multiple regions

Daily new cases

Single variable

(past observation)

Multiple models

(ANFIS, ANFIS-MPA, ANFIS-CMPA)

Meakin et al. (2022)

Single region

Daily hospitalization

Single variable

(Daily new cases with time lag)

Multiple models

(baseline, Timeseries ensemble, ARIMA, etc.)