Table II.

Modeling Enhancement Strategies Summarized from the Five Selected Compartmental Model-Based Forecasts

Categories	Model name on CDC webpage	Strategies
Model structure modification	SuEIR	Adding compartment for unreported infectious cases
	SI_kJα	Incorporating multiple infectious sub-states and considering spreading due to inter-region mobility
Parameter estimation enhancement	MechBayes	Estimating parameters using Bayesian inference
	EpiCovDA	Estimating parameters using Incidence-Cumulative Cases (ICC) curve.
	SI_kJα	Estimating parameters using a linearized system
	OliverWyman-Navigator	Incorporating real-world datasets to predict the values of parameters used in forecast