Utilizing large language models in infectious disease transmission modelling for public health preparedness.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

OpenAI's ChatGPT, a Large Language Model (LLM), is a powerful tool across domains, designed for text and code generation, fostering collaboration, especially in public health. Investigating the role of this advanced LLM chatbot in assisting public health practitioners in shaping disease transmission models to inform infection control strategies, marks a new era in infectious disease epidemiology research. This study used a case study to illustrate how ChatGPT collaborates with a public health practitioner in co-designing a mathematical transmission model.

Methods

Using natural conversation, the practitioner initiated a dialogue involving an iterative process of code generation, refinement, and debugging with ChatGPT to develop a model to fit 10 days of prevalenc

SUBMITTER: Kwok KO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11402906 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature