arXiv:2605.26704cs.LGcs.AI2026-05KDD

建模疫情中行为反馈机制,提升政策变化下的预测可靠性。

SL-BiLEM: Structured Learnable Behavior-in-the-Loop Epidemic Modeling for Forecasting and Policy Evaluation

论文配图:SL-BiLEM: Structured Learnable Behavior-in-the-Loop Epidemic Modeling for Forecasting and Policy Evaluation
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  • 将传播率分解为政策、媒体等可学习因子的乘积,约束行为函数平滑有界
  • 政策突变下误差仅增53%,较神经基线降低95%以上
  • 支持反事实分析,适合公共卫生决策者做干预评估

疫情预测面临核心挑战:人类行为随疫情动态调整,形成反馈回路,在政策干预点引发分布漂移,使数据驱动模型不可靠。我们提出结构化可学习行为闭环模型(SL-BiLEM),利用物理约束作为正则化以增强外推能力。该框架将有效传播率分解为β_eff(t,g) = β_0(g) × m_policy(t) × m_media(t) × m_comp(t,g),对学习到的配合度函数施加单调性、平滑性和有界跳跃约束,确保在新政策下仍具预测有效性。除预测外,SL-BiLEM还支持反事实分析以辅助干预决策。我们在三个真实数据集(邮轮、学校流感、学区新冠监测)上验证预测性能,并在具有已知真实值的合成基准上评估反事实恢复能力。结果表明:(1) 相比神经-机理基线提升76%,在政策引发的分布偏移下仅53%的外部泛化误差增长,而神经基线高达1142%;(2) 27次合成反事实实验中置信区间覆盖率达100%;(3) 处理效应准确率超过0.85。这些结果确立了SL-BiLEM作为可解释工具,助力公共卫生决策者实现精准预测与严谨干预规划。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Epidemic forecasting faces a fundamental challenge: human behavior dynamically responds to disease spread, creating feedback loops that induce distribution shifts at policy intervention points. This renders data-driven models unreliable under distribution shift. We propose \textbf{SL-BiLEM} (Structured Learnable Behavior-in-the-Loop Epidemic Model), leveraging physical constraints as regularization for robust extrapolation. The framework decomposes effective transmission as $β_{\text{eff}}(t,g) = β_0(g) \times m_{\text{policy}}(t) \times m_{\text{media}}(t) \times m_{\text{comp}}(t,g)$, where monotonicity, smoothness, and bounded-jump constraints on the learned compliance function maintain predictive validity under novel policy regimes. Beyond forecasting, SL-BiLEM enables counterfactual analysis for intervention decision support. We validate forecasting on three real-world datasets (cruise ship, school influenza, and school-district COVID-19 surveillance) and evaluate counterfactual recovery on synthetic benchmarks with known ground truth. SL-BiLEM demonstrates: (1) 76\% improvement over neural-mechanistic baselines, with only 53\% OOD degradation versus 1142\% for neural baselines under policy-induced shift; (2) 100\% bootstrap CI coverage across 27 synthetic counterfactual experiments; and (3) Treatment Effect Accuracy exceeding 0.85. These results establish SL-BiLEM as an interpretable tool for public health decision-makers seeking accurate prediction and principled intervention planning.

疫情建模行为反馈反事实分析可解释性

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