In Austria, just like in any other affected
country, COVID-19 has registered disastrous effects. The worldwide research
community has responded with a surge in forecasting models. In this research
paper, the ANN approach was applied to examine COVID-19 cases in Austria. This
study is based on daily new cases of COVID-19 in Austria for the period 1
January 2020 – 25 March 2021. The out-of-sample forecast covers the period 26 March
2021 – 31 July 2021. The residuals and forecast evaluation statistics (Error,
MSE and MAE) of the applied model suggest that the model is quite stable and
generally acceptable for forecasting daily COVID-19 cases in Austria. The
results of the study indicate that daily COVID-19 cases in Austria are likely
to remain significantly high over the out-of-sample period. The government of
Austria in line with the findings of the study; should ensure the continued
compliance to control and preventive COVID-19 measures.
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1 Dr. Smartson. P. NYONI2 Mr. Thabani NYONI3 Mr. Tatenda. A. CHIHOHO
ZICHIRe Project, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
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