arxivcs.AI2026-06-25
Simulation-based inference for rapid Bayesian parameter estimation in epidemiological models: a comparison with MCMC
Alina Bazarova, Johann Fredrik Jadebeck, Henrik Zunker, Carolina J. Klett-Tammen, Torben Heinsohn, Wolfgang Wiechert, et al.
Mechanistic epidemiological models are widely used to support infectious disease forecasting and public-health decision making. Bayesian calibration of such models is commonly performed using Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC), which can become computationally expensive for high-dim…