arXiv:2511.23276cs.LGcs.MA2025-11

用大模型解析疫情上下文,让手足口病预测既准又可解释。

Auditable Context-Aware HFMD Forecasting with Structured LLM Agents

  • 分两阶段:先用大模型理解学校、天气等非数字信息,再结合历史数据做预测。
  • 在港台和丽水数据上,预测区间覆盖率高达85%~100%,且结果可读性强。
  • 适合公共卫生决策者,能快速看清风险升降原因,辅助医院排班。

有效的手足口病(HFMD)监测需要同时捕捉时间序列模式与学校日程、天气、政策报告等上下文驱动因素。临床场景中,预测需可信且可操作,决策者不仅关注准确率,还需简洁、可审计的解释,说明为何风险会上升或下降。传统模型(如ARIMA、Prophet)和基础模型(如Chronos、Moirai、TimesFM)将外部变量视为数值输入,缺乏语义推理能力,无法反映流行病学机制或处理信号冲突。本文提出一种双代理神经符号框架,将上下文解释与概率预测分离:基于大模型的事件解释器接收异构信号(学校安排、天气摘要、政府报告、临床指南),输出一个表征传播影响的标量信号;预测生成器则结合该信号与历史病例数,通过泊松/负二项分布矩匹配生成点预测与概率预测。聚焦一周内滚动预测,契合医院容量规划周期及手足口病快速波动特征。在两个数据集上评估:香港监测数据(2023–2024年共90个目标周)和丽水医院就诊数据(2024年33个目标周)。相比传统与基础模型,本方法在点预测上表现相当,同时实现稳健的90%置信区间(覆盖率约0.85–1.00),并提供简明推理过程。证明通过大模型代理整合领域知识,可在保持强数值性能的同时,生成可解释、上下文感知的预测,契合公共卫生决策需求。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Effective HFMD surveillance requires forecasts capturing both time-series patterns and contextual drivers such as school calendars, weather, and policy or surveillance reports. In clinical settings, forecasts must be trusted and actionable; thus, beyond point accuracy, decision-makers require concise, auditable explanations of why risk is expected to rise or fall. Classical models (e.g., ARIMA and Prophet) and foundation models (e.g., Chronos, Moirai, and TimesFM) treat external covariates as numerical inputs, lacking semantic reasoning to reflect epidemiological mechanisms or resolve conflicting signals. We propose a two-agent neuro-symbolic framework that decouples contextual interpretation from probabilistic forecasting. An LLM-based Event Interpreter ingests heterogeneous signals -- school schedules, weather summaries, government reports, and clinical guidelines -- and outputs a scalar transmission-impact signal. A Forecast Generator combines this signal with historical case counts to produce point forecasts that are mapped to probabilistic predictions through Poisson/negative-binomial moment matching. We focus on one-week-ahead rolling forecasts, aligning with weekly hospital-capacity planning and the rapid, context-driven inflections typical of HFMD. We evaluate on two datasets: Hong Kong surveillance (90 target weeks in 2023--2024) and Lishui hospital visits (33 target weeks in 2024). Against traditional and foundation-model baselines, our approach achieves competitive point accuracy while providing robust 90\% intervals (coverage approximately 0.85--1.00) and concise rationales. This demonstrates that integrating domain knowledge through LLM-based agents can match strong numerical forecasters while yielding interpretable, context-aware forecasts aligned with public-health decision-making.

疫情预测大模型应用可解释性多源融合

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