Semi-analytical hierarchical Bayesian inference of nonlinear model structure in stochastic dynamics: Applied to compartmental models of infectious diseases

• Brandon Robinson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9320-6619

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• Philippe Bisaillon,

  Roles Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Rimple Sandhu,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Computational Science Center, National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, Colorado, United States of America

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• Mohammad Khalil,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Quantitative Modeling & Analysis Department, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California, United States of America

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• Jodi D. Edwards,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, ICES, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Tetyana Kendzerska,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations ICES, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Division of Respirology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Thomas Walker,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Shirley Mills,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Mathematics and Statistics, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Chris Pettit,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Aerospace Engineering Department, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, United States of America

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• Dominique Poirel,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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• Abhijit Sarkar

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: abhijit.sarkar@carleton.ca

  Affiliation Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8427-8901

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