Table 6:

Performance of different forecasting models during critical time periods in 1-week ahead

Model	Persistence	FIGI-Net	CDC	Karlen	CovidAnalysis	JHU	MIT	Microsoft
Slope Dissimilarity	0.316±0.079	0.127±0.076	0.273±0.108	0.5±0.147	0.57±0.136	0.269±0.134	0.606±0.166	0.421±0.137
RMSE	7015.59±15176.43	3964.97±6690.04	7773.23±14058.41	13056.12±14803.5	10394.45±21478.21	7241.44±9418.22	11170.42±22911.14	12775.19±26537.04
MAPE	19.96±3.7	11.15±2.97	24.48±27.51	49.08±76.09	46.45±23.76	21.07±57.56	42.64±29.46	33.64±47.7
P-value(v.s. FIGI-Net)	1.99×10−9	-	4.89×10−8	9.31×10−10	5.15×10−10	1.92×10−6	5.45×10−13	5.15×10−10