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Towards a Data-driven Characterization of Behavioral Changes Induced by the Seasonal Flu by Gozzi, NicolÃ2; Perrotta, Daniela; Paolotti, Daniela; Perra, Nicola; Althouse, Benjamin is a Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Towards a Data-driven Characterization of Behavioral Changes Induced by the Seasonal Flu about?
In this work, we aim to determine the main factors driving self-initiated behavioral changes during the seasonal flu. To this end, we designed and deployed a questionnaire via Influweb, a Web platform for participatory surveillance in Italy, during the 2017 − 18 and 2018 − 19 seasons. We collected 599 surveys completed by 434 users. The data provide socio-demographic information, level of concerns about the flu, past experience with illnesses, and the type of behavioral changes voluntarily implemented by each participant. We describe each response with a set of features and divide them in three target categories. These describe those that report i) no (26%), ii) only moderately (36%), iii) significant (38%) changes in behaviors. In these settings, we adopt machine learning algorithms to investigate the extent to which target variables can be predicted by looking only at the set of features. Notably, 66% of the samples in the category describing more significant changes in behaviors are correctly classified through Gradient Boosted Trees. Furthermore, we investigate the importance of each feature in the classification task and uncover complex relationships between individuals’ chara
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- Author
- Gozzi, NicolÃ2; Perrotta, Daniela; Paolotti, Daniela; Perra, Nicola; Althouse, Benjamin
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science; San Francisco CA: Public Library of Science, 2005-; Public Library of Science (PLoS) (ISSN 1553-734X)
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)