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diff --git a/inst/app/templates/content/estimation/about-estimators/id.html b/inst/app/templates/content/estimation/about-estimators/id.html index 3200c00..fc70b1c 100644 --- a/inst/app/templates/content/estimation/about-estimators/id.html +++ b/inst/app/templates/content/estimation/about-estimators/id.html @@ -1,5 +1,3 @@ -The incidence decay (ID) estimator assumes an exponential model and finds the parameters by minimizing the sum of the -squared differences between the observed cases counts and the case counts expected based on the assumed model. -The method assumes that the serial interval is known. This means that the user needs to input the value of the serial -interval. The serial interval is the average time between the first infection and the time the first infected individual -exhibits disease symptoms. +The Incidence Decay (ID) estimator uses the method of least squares to estimate <em>R</em><sub>0</sub>. +This method assumes the serial interval is known, and is built under the SIR assumption. +We note that the use of this method might result in the underestimation of <em>R</em><sub>0</sub>. |