Thanks all for your responses. You have opened up my options on tackling the issue. I will engage the team in the course of my research to build an inbuilt prediction module.
*Regards,* *Dennis* On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 11:03 AM, Jason Pickering < jason.p.picker...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Dennis and Alex, > > Yes, there are many ways in which the data could be predicted with tools > such as R or Python, even Excel. The problem of course is what model you > choose to use. If we had a good way to predict routine health information > from historical data, there would be little need for DHIS2, as we could > simply predict it! There are many external tools which could help you to do > this, and there is nothing in the DHIS2 core which would allow you to do > this, but if you have a good model, then R is a pretty good tool to use for > this type of stuff. > > For simple cases, like extrapolation of population data, it should be > pretty forward. For other things, like prediction of the number of malaria > cases in a given district, a very good predictive model would be needed. It > would be good to know the details of your intended modelling approach, so > we could document it. > > There are some trivial examples here > <https://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/developer/html/apa.html> and feel > free to post more specific questions about how you might be able to achieve > this. > > Regards, > Jason > > > On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 9:54 AM, Alex Tumwesigye <atumwesi...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Dear Dennis, >> >> DHIS2 allows you to use R and then do you predictions. There are some >> documentation of how to have it connected to DHIS2. >> >> There is also a possibility to use Octave - the opensource version of >> MATLAB to do your predictions if you are familiar with MATLAB. >> >> Alex >> >> On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 7:48 AM, Knut Staring <knu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hello Dennis, >>> >>> We don't really have a dedicated prediction module, though there are >>> some functions like regression that can be used for extrapolations. Perhaps >>> you could describe in a bit more detail what your needs are? Do you know of >>> another software package which has this type of functionality? >>> >>> Knut >>> >>> On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 3:23 AM, Dennis Banga <dennisba...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hey Team, >>>> >>>> I would like to know whether in DHIS2 there is an inbuilt prediction >>>> module that can forecast data values of a particular dataset based on past >>>> data values. >>>> I would be grateful for your response. >>>> >>>> >>>> *Kind Regards,* >>>> *Dennis.* >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs >>>> Post to : dhis2-devs@lists.launchpad.net >>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Knut Staring >>> Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo >>> Norway: +4791880522 >>> Skype: knutstar >>> http://dhis2.org >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs >>> Post to : dhis2-devs@lists.launchpad.net >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Alex Tumwesigye >> >> Technical Advisor - DHIS2 (Consultant), >> Ministry of Health/AFENET >> Kampala >> Uganda >> >> IT Consultant - BarefootPower Uganda Ltd, SmartSolar, Kenya >> >> IT Specialist (Servers, Networks and Security, Health Information Systems >> - DHIS2 ) & Solar Consultant >> >> +256 774149 775, + 256 759 800161 >> >> "I don't want to be anything other than what I have been - one tree hill " >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs >> Post to : dhis2-devs@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > > > -- > Jason P. Pickering > email: jason.p.picker...@gmail.com > tel:+46764147049 >
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