Evaluating COVID-19 Surveillance Testing Strategies at Colorado School of Mines: A Stochastic Modeling Approach

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Main Authors: Albrecht, Laura, Leiderman, Karin, Sindi, Suzanne, Nychka, Douglas
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author Albrecht, Laura
Leiderman, Karin
Sindi, Suzanne
Nychka, Douglas
author_facet Albrecht, Laura
Leiderman, Karin
Sindi, Suzanne
Nychka, Douglas
contents This study introduces a stochastic model of COVID-19 transmission tailored to the Colorado School of Mines campus and evaluates surveillance testing strategies within a university context. Enhancing the conventional SEIR framework with stochastic transitions, our model accounts for the unique characteristics of disease spread in a residential college, including specific states for testing, quarantine, and isolation. Employing an approximate Bayesian computation (ABC) method for parameter estimation, we navigate the complexities inherent in stochastic models, enabling an accurate fit of the model with the campus case data. We then studied our model under the estimated parameters to evaluate the efficacy of different testing policies that could be implemented on a university campus. This framework not only advances understanding of COVID-19 dynamics on the Mines campus but serves as a blueprint for comparable settings, providing insights for informed strategies against infectious diseases.
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spellingShingle Evaluating COVID-19 Surveillance Testing Strategies at Colorado School of Mines: A Stochastic Modeling Approach
Albrecht, Laura
Leiderman, Karin
Sindi, Suzanne
Nychka, Douglas
Applications
Dynamical Systems
This study introduces a stochastic model of COVID-19 transmission tailored to the Colorado School of Mines campus and evaluates surveillance testing strategies within a university context. Enhancing the conventional SEIR framework with stochastic transitions, our model accounts for the unique characteristics of disease spread in a residential college, including specific states for testing, quarantine, and isolation. Employing an approximate Bayesian computation (ABC) method for parameter estimation, we navigate the complexities inherent in stochastic models, enabling an accurate fit of the model with the campus case data. We then studied our model under the estimated parameters to evaluate the efficacy of different testing policies that could be implemented on a university campus. This framework not only advances understanding of COVID-19 dynamics on the Mines campus but serves as a blueprint for comparable settings, providing insights for informed strategies against infectious diseases.
title Evaluating COVID-19 Surveillance Testing Strategies at Colorado School of Mines: A Stochastic Modeling Approach
topic Applications
Dynamical Systems
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.04417