About the Authors

Daihai He

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

daihai.he@polyu.edu.hk (DH); lewistone100@gmail.com (LS)

Affiliation Department of Applied Mathematics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

Shi Zhao

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Applied Mathematics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China, Division of Biostatistics, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Clinical Trials and Biostatistics Lab, Shenzhen Research Institute, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China

Qianying Lin

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliations Department of Applied Mathematics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China, Michigan Institute for Data Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Salihu S. Musa

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Applied Mathematics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

Lewi Stone

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

daihai.he@polyu.edu.hk (DH); lewistone100@gmail.com (LS)

Affiliations Mathematical Science, School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Biomathematics Unit, School of Zoology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.