Supporting Austria through the COVID-19 Epidemics with a Forecast-Based Early Warning System

Martin Bicher1,2,†, Martin Zuba3,†, Lukas Rainer, Florian Bachner, Claire Rippinger, Herwig Ostermann, Nikolas Popper, Stefan Thurner, Peter Klimek6,7∗ Institute of Information Systems Engineering, TU Wien, Favoritenstraße 8-11, A-1040 Vienna, Austria dwh simulation services, dwh GmbH, Neustiftgasse 57-59, A-1070 Vienna, Austria Austrian National Public Health Institute, Stubenring 6, A-1010 Vienna, Austria Private University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology GmbH, UMIT, Eduard-Wallnöfer-Zentrum 1, A-6060 Hall in Tirol, Austria Society for Decision Support Policy and Planning, DEXHELPP, Neustiftgasse 57-59, A-1070 Vienna, Austria Section for Science of Complex Systems, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, A-1090 Vienna, Austria Complexity Science Hub Vienna, Josefstädterstraße 39, A-1080 Vienna, Austria International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Schlossplatz 1, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria Santa Fe Institute, 1399 Hyde Park road, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA †equal contributions (Dated: July 2020)

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