Applying Regressive Machine Learning Techniques in Determination of COVID-19 Vaccinated Patients’ Influence on the Number of Confirmed and Deceased Patients

Sandi Baressi Šegota (), Ivan Lorencin, Nikola Anđelić, Jelena Musulin, Daniel Štifanić, Matko Glučina, Saša Vlahinić and Zlatan Car
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Sandi Baressi Šegota: Faculty of Engineering, University of Rijeka, Vukovarska 58, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia
Ivan Lorencin: Faculty of Engineering, University of Rijeka, Vukovarska 58, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia
Nikola Anđelić: Faculty of Engineering, University of Rijeka, Vukovarska 58, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia
Jelena Musulin: Faculty of Engineering, University of Rijeka, Vukovarska 58, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia
Daniel Štifanić: Faculty of Engineering, University of Rijeka, Vukovarska 58, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia
Matko Glučina: University of Rijeka, Trg Braće Mažuranića 10, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia
Saša Vlahinić: Faculty of Engineering, University of Rijeka, Vukovarska 58, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia
Zlatan Car: Faculty of Engineering, University of Rijeka, Vukovarska 58, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia

Mathematics, 2022, vol. 10, issue 16, 1-24

Abstract: Vaccinations are one of the most important steps in combat against viral diseases such as COVID-19. Determining the influence of the number of vaccinated patients on the infected population represents a complex problem. For this reason, the aim of this research is to model the influence of the total number of vaccinated or fully vaccinated patients on the number of infected and deceased patients. Five separate modeling algorithms are used: Linear Regression (LR), Logistic Regression (LogR), Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO), Multilayer Perceptron (MLP), and Support Vector Regression (SVR). Cross-correlation analysis is performed to determine the optimal lags in data to assist in obtaining better scores. The cross-validation of models is performed, and the models are evaluated using Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE). The modeling is performed for four different countries: Germany, India, the United Kingdom (UK), and the United States of America (USA). Models with an error below 1% are found for all the modeled cases, with the best models being achieved either by LR or MLP methods. The obtained results indicate that the influence of vaccination rates on the number of confirmed and deceased patients exists and can be modeled using ML methods with relatively high precision.

Keywords: COVID-19; cross-correlation analysis; machine learning; regression modeling; vaccination rates (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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