Advances in Epidemiology and Modeling

Dear Colleagues,

The recent pandemic has been a subject of debate all over the world and has affected the way of life, mobility, and socioeconomic patterns of different countries. The onus lies on us as researchers to devise modeling approaches to address the current challenges and better prepare humanity for future epidemics. This Special Issue aims to bring together articles that address how to better prepare for future epidemics by analyzing and simulating public health data which will bring about nowcasting, hindcasting or forecasting of infectious diseases dynamics so as to better guide public health experts and decision makers. We welcome scholars in relevant fields to submit original research articles and reviews. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Artificial Intelligence for detection of, responses to, and mitigation of emerging epidemics;
• Applications for optimal control of emerging infectious diseases;
• Epidemics, ethics and uncertainty: the roles of public health experts and modelers;
• Mobility, geographical locations and socioeconomic factors that influence the predictive modeling of epidemics;
• The role of robust public health data in predictive modeling;
• Predictive modeling methods and applications to epidemic data.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Jacques Demongeot
Dr. Kayode Oshinubi
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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• spatial modeling
• disease ecology
• metapopulation
• predictive modeling
• emerging epidemics
• sociodemography
• mechanistic model
• public health data
• optimal control
• artificial intelligence