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Table 2 Predictive performance statistics of different models evaluated on the training data for the same time period (months 23−60) to reduce the potential bias

From: Prediction of dengue outbreaks based on disease surveillance, meteorological and socio-economic data

Model Name

RMSE

SRMSE

R-sq.(adj)

Deviance Explained

Δ AIC

A: Seasonal Naïve

10.22

0.62

0.16

0.16

0

B: Meteorology Optimal

8.83

0.54

0.28

0.32

-492.64

C: Optimal Lag Surveillance Model

7.32

0.45

0.49

0.49

-2420.39

D: Optimal Met and Lag Surveillance Model

6.30

0.39

0.62

0.64

-2725.62

E: Optimal Representation Model

6.12

0.37

0.64

0.66

-2718.90

F: Social-economic data Included

6.10

0.37

0.64

0.73

-2713.86

  1. The performance is measured on different metrics. The best model should have the lowest errors (RMSE, SRMSE) and have the best fit (measured in R-sq.(adj).), high deviance and low Δ AIC