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. 2017 Jan 24;145(6):1118–1129. doi: 10.1017/S0950268816003216

Table 4.

Comparison of predicted values and actual values for the single ARIMA model and ARIMA-NAR model during April–October 2016 (per 100 000 population)

Month Actual value ARIMA model ARIMA-NAR model
Predicted value Absolute error Predicted value Absolute error
April 4·8713 4·6646 0·2067 4·6461 0·2252
May 4·7146 4·5892 0·1254 4·7167 0·0021
June 4·5353 4·3700 0·1653 4·3618 0·1735
July 4·5311 4·2098 0·3213 4·3464 0·1847
August 4·5890 4·3470 0·2420 4·2096 0·3794
September 4·3900 4·5840 0·1940 4·4476 0·0576
October 3·6432 4·0240 0·3808 3·8275 0·1843
MAE 0·2336 0·1724

ARIMA, Autoregressive integrated moving average; NAR, nonlinear autoregressive; MAE, Mean absolute error.