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| author | Naeem Model <me@nmode.ca> | 2025-01-06 23:55:43 +0000 |
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| committer | Naeem Model <me@nmode.ca> | 2025-01-06 23:55:43 +0000 |
| commit | e920b3e514e717fc05ed524267d3b53e272fec51 (patch) | |
| tree | 353cfb36aca946d69da6d6dcacc0cb66177050ef /inst/web/templates/content/estimation/about-estimators/wp.html | |
| parent | 2d34b71c7a8da7fd0fac59b934145286b2be7b1f (diff) | |
Update web app entry point
- Rename 'app' -> 'web'
- Return shiny app object in entry point function
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diff --git a/inst/web/templates/content/estimation/about-estimators/wp.html b/inst/web/templates/content/estimation/about-estimators/wp.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c6f4580 --- /dev/null +++ b/inst/web/templates/content/estimation/about-estimators/wp.html @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +The White and Pagano (WP) estimator uses maximum likelihood estimation to estimate <em>R</em><sub>0</sub>. +In this method, the serial interval (SI) is either known, or can be estimated along with <em>R</em><sub>0</sub>. +It is assumed that the number of infectious individuals are observable at discrete time points (ie. daily or weekly). +Further, this method also assumes an underlying branching process, which means that throughout, the population size “available” to be infected remains constant. +We note that this assumption does not hold for the SIR/SEIR/SEAIR compartmental models. +As such, WP estimates should only really be considered early on in an epidemic, ie. before the inflection point of an epidemic, if the dataset being used follows these models. |