@article{TEXTUAL, recid = {5632}, author = {Yang, Xuan and Yang, Yang and Tan, Chenhao and Lin, Yinghe and Fu, Zhengzhe and Wu, Fei and Zhuang, Yueting}, title = {Unfolding and modeling the recovery process after COVID lockdowns}, journal = {Scientific Reports}, address = {2023-03-13}, number = {TEXTUAL}, abstract = {Lockdown is a common policy used to deter the spread of COVID-19. However, the question of how our society comes back to life after a lockdown remains an open one. Understanding how cities bounce back from lockdown is critical for promoting the global economy and preparing for future pandemics. Here, we propose a novel computational method based on electricity data to study the recovery process, and conduct a case study on the city of Hangzhou. With the designed Recovery Index, we find a variety of recovery patterns in main sectors. One of the main reasons for this difference is policy; therefore, we aim to answer the question of how policies can best facilitate the recovery of society. We first analyze how policy affects sectors and employ a change-point detection algorithm to provide a non-subjective approach to policy assessment. Furthermore, we design a model that can predict future recovery, allowing policies to be adjusted accordingly in advance. Specifically, we develop a deep neural network, TPG, to model recovery trends, which utilizes the graph structure learning to perceive influences between sectors. Simulation experiments using our model offer insights for policy-making: the government should prioritize supporting sectors that have greater influence on others and are influential on the whole economy.}, url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/5632}, }