用图神经网络预测疫情中信念与行为变化,结果可解释。
TrendGNN: Towards Understanding of Epidemics, Beliefs, and Behaviors
- 基于趋势相似性构建信号图,用GNN进行预测
- 能识别哪些信号更易预测,哪些关系影响最大
- 适合需要理解干预效果的公共卫生研究者
疫情结局与人类行为和信念密切相关。现有预测方法多采用简单机理模型或黑箱模型(如深度变换器),虽能处理多种信号但缺乏可解释性。为更好理解机制并预测干预影响,需可解释地预测信念与行为相关信号。本文提出一种基于图的预测框架:先根据趋势相似性构建信号间关联图,再使用图神经网络(GNN)进行预测。该方法能揭示哪些信号更易预测、哪些关系对预测精度贡献最大,为多信号相互依赖场景下的可解释建模提供初步思路,对构建融合行为、信念与观测的未来仿真模型具有重要意义。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Epidemic outcomes have a complex interplay with human behavior and beliefs. Most of the forecasting literature has focused on the task of predicting epidemic signals using simple mechanistic models or black-box models, such as deep transformers, that ingest all available signals without offering interpretability. However, to better understand the mechanisms and predict the impact of interventions, we need the ability to forecast signals associated with beliefs and behaviors in an interpretable manner. In this work, we propose a graph-based forecasting framework that first constructs a graph of interrelated signals based on trend similarity, and then applies graph neural networks (GNNs) for prediction. This approach enables interpretable analysis by revealing which signals are more predictable and which relationships contribute most to forecasting accuracy. We believe our method provides early steps towards a framework for interpretable modeling in domains with multiple potentially interdependent signals, with implications for building future simulation models that integrate behavior, beliefs, and observations.
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