Starsim's calibration class

Notable features of this example include:

• Visualization, as there are numerous built-in diagnostic plots
• Development of likelihood functions
• Defining parameters

Starsim is a publicly available, open source, agent-based modeling framework that simulates the spread of diseases among agents via transmission networks. The framework itself is general purpose, but can be modified to model a variety of diseases. There are numerous features included in the base framework, such as contact networks and interventions, which make it a very flexible and powerful modeling platform.

One advantage to using a professionally developed framework such as Starsim is that it provides a built-in calibration class. Starsim has an integrated interface with the Optuna library, a Bayesian hyperparameter optimization framework.

For more information on using Starsim's CalibComponent calibration class, please visit Starsim's calibration documentation.