# Streamlining of epi modeling tools

**URL:** https://community.epinowcast.org/t/streamlining-of-epi-modeling-tools/241
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**Created:** [14 August 2024 15:31 UTC](https://community.epinowcast.org/t/streamlining-of-epi-modeling-tools/241 "2024-08-14T15:31:18Z")
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### Author: ![adrianlison](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.epinowcast.org/adrianlison/32/27_2.png) [@adrianlison](https://community.epinowcast.org/u/adrianlison)
#### Post date: [14 August 2024 15:31 UTC](https://community.epinowcast.org/t/streamlining-of-epi-modeling-tools/241/2 "2024-08-14T15:31:48Z")

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@jamesazam wrote:

> [@Community Seminar 2024-08-07 - Kaitlyn Johnson - Wastewater modeling to forecast hospital admissions in the US: Challenges and opportunities](https://community.epinowcast.org/t/community-seminar-2024-08-07-kaitlyn-johnson-wastewater-modeling-to-forecast-hospital-admissions-in-the-us-challenges-and-opportunities/237/6):
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> Thanks for your fantastic talk yesterday @kejohnson9. I was particularly interested in one of your leading questions, i.e., “How do we streamline deploying scientific ideas/models into production and tool development”? I think the forecasting/nowcasting community is fast evolving and it’s important to act on this now rather than later. On the call, I asked if we could employ the [tidymodels](https://www.tidymodels.org/) approach where the community has [developed guidelines for developing models](https://tidymodels.github.io/model-implementation-principles/). Some interface/engine/output …

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