Table 1 Model feature importance.

From: A prospective evaluation of AI-augmented epidemiology to forecast COVID-19 in the USA and Japan

USA model

Japan model

Time-series features

Median rank

Time-series features

Median rank

NPI schools

1

Mobility changes: residences

1

NPI bar/restaurants

2

Std error of % of survey responders reporting CLI (unweighted)

2

Snowfall (mm)

3

Estimated Reff

3

Mobility index

4

Confirmed cases

4

Cases/total tests

5

Cases mean-to-sum ratio

5

NPI non-essential business

6

State of emergency

6

Mobility samples

7

Mobility changes: transit

7

Average temperature (°C)

8

Std error of % of survey responders reporting CLI (weighted)

8

Confirmed deaths

9

% of survey responders reporting CLI (weighted)

9

Cases mean-to-sum ratio

10

Mobility changes: workplaces

10

Static features

Median rank

Static features

Median rank

Ratio of the population over 60

1

Average BMI of males

1

Per capita income

2

Number of H1N1 cases in 2010

2

Mean air quality index

3

Number of new ICU beds

3

Population density

4

Number of clinic beds/100 k population

4

Number of households

5

Number of doctors/100 k population

5

  1. Top ten time-series and top five static feature importance ranks for the average undocumented contact rate in the USA and Japan models.