Sunil Kumar Sharma1, Shivam Bhardwaj2,*, Rashmi Bhardwaj3, Majed Alowaidi1
CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.66, No.1, pp. 805-825, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2020.011937
- 30 October 2020
Abstract This article discusses short–term forecasting of the novel Corona Virus
(COVID-19) data for infected and recovered cases using the ARIMA method for
Saudi Arabia. The COVID-19 data was obtained from the Worldometer and MOH
(Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia). The data was analyzed for the period from
March 2, 2020 (the first case reported) to June 15, 2020. Using ARIMA (2, 1,
0), we obtained the short forecast up to July 02, 2020. Several statistical parameters were tested for the goodness of fit to evaluate the forecasting methods.
The results show that ARIMA (2, 1, More >