Accurate Estimation of Influenza Epidemics using Google Search Data
Construct ARGO object
main function for argo
ARGO second step
main function for argo2
main function for argox
wrapper for bootstrap relative efficiency confidence interval
bootstrap relative efficiency confidence interval
Parsing each Google Trends file downloaded from Google Trends API
Parsing each Google Trends file downloaded from website
Heatmap plot of ARGO coefficients applied on CDC's ILI data
Heatmap plot of correlation matrix
Parsing of raw data
Parsing of raw data for regional ILI estimation
logit function
inverse logit function
Parsing of Google Trends data
Parsing of unrevised ili from online source
Time series plot of ARGO applied on CDC's ILI data
performance summary of ARGO applied on CDC's ILI data
Augmented Regression with General Online data (ARGO) for accurate estimation of influenza epidemics in United States on national level, regional level and state level. It replicates the method introduced in paper Yang, S., Santillana, M. and Kou, S.C. (2015) <doi:10.1073/pnas.1515373112>; Ning, S., Yang, S. and Kou, S.C. (2019) <doi:10.1038/s41598-019-41559-6>; Yang, S., Ning, S. and Kou, S.C. (2021) <doi:10.1038/s41598-021-83084-5>.