Items corresponding to entire populations or subpopulations. Might be geographically or temporally temporally limited.

population

The WCIS repository provides Python tools to evaluate epidemic forecasts at both facility and state levels. It includes utility functions, scoring metrics, and dedicated evaluation scripts for different scales of forecasts. The repository requires unzipping data files before running analyses, and outputs evaluation results as CSV files summarizing forecast performance

non-collection specific

(Simple) Released

Comma-separated values: a delimited text file format for tabular data.

English

Maximilian Marshall

Python is a high-level, interpreted programming language known for its readability and broad applicability in web development, data science, and automation.

Python

Weighted Contextual Interval Score (WCIS), a New Method for Retrospective Interval Forecast Evaluation

Descriptors of the behavior of an outbreak

modeling

Modeling

Projections of outbreak behavior into some future time, determined relative to a defined starting point. Might include retrospective projects or projections for current activitiy (known as "now-casting").

forecasting

Forecasting

Process using various metrics to assess the performance and effectiveness of a model

Evaluation

modeling purpose

Modeling Purpose

Software is a plan specification composed of a series of instructions that can be interpreted by or directly executed by a processing unit.

software

Topic

Digital Object Type

Apache 2.0

Schema.org vocabulary for structured data on the web

Schema.org

Dublin Core Metadata Initiative Terms - refined elements for precise resource description

DCMI Metadata Terms

Provenance, Authoring and Versioning ontology for metadata about web resources

PAV Ontology

W3C Provenance Ontology for describing provenance information

PROV Ontology

Custom MIDAS vocabulary for epidemiological data and modeling

MIDAS Metadata Vocabulary

JSON Schema (Draft 2020-12) defining the structure of MIDAS Catalog JSON-LD metadata records

MIDAS Catalog JSON-LD Schema

Searchable collection of curated datasets and software resources for infectious disease modeling, filterable by disease, topic, location, and time period.

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Type	Software
Topics/About	Evaluation Modeling Modeling Purpose Forecasting
Language	English
Accessible For Free	TRUE
Biological Scale	population
Software Language	Python
File Format	CSV
Version	unspecified
HTTP Status Code	200
HTTP Checked On	2026/09/27