Research Article

Comparison of Conventional Modeling Techniques with the Neural Network Autoregressive Model (NNAR): Application to COVID-19 Data

Table 2

Accuracy of different time-series models for predicting COVID-19 cumulative daily cases.

MethodSourceRMSEMAE

MeanTraining1566.3841309.385
Testing2207.3101862.713
DriftTraining412.2189284.6854
Testing2114.56601713.2369
NaïveTraining412.2303284.5769
Testing2177.68431688.9792
HoltTraining394.6241277.7294
Testing2191.38001740.4823
SESTraining394.5822277.6888
Testing2180.90381744.2653
ARIMA order SESTraining392.7844275.1783
Testing2182.19641754.7370
ARIMA (2, 2, 2)Training392.7844275.1783
Testing2182.19641754.7370
ARIMA autoTraining393.0668275.3658
Testing2182.98651760.4807
NNARTraining195.301143.5501
Testing2136.0691589.569