From e5e312d01bccbabbb21e69d269ccf0d947e5abdb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Naeem Model Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2024 00:02:07 +0000 Subject: Refactor WP --- NAMESPACE | 4 +- R/server.R | 18 ++-- R/ui.R | 4 +- R/wp.R | 360 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------------- man/wp.Rd | 159 +++++++++++++++------------ 5 files changed, 282 insertions(+), 263 deletions(-) diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE index e57b2b7..42ad282 100644 --- a/NAMESPACE +++ b/NAMESPACE @@ -1,14 +1,12 @@ # Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand -export(WP) export(app) export(id) export(idea) export(seq_bayes) +export(wp) importFrom(methods,is) -importFrom(stats,pexp) importFrom(stats,pgamma) -importFrom(stats,qexp) importFrom(stats,qgamma) importFrom(utils,install.packages) importFrom(utils,read.csv) diff --git a/R/server.R b/R/server.R index 384b341..a9ed521 100644 --- a/R/server.R +++ b/R/server.R @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ server <- function(input, output) { if (!is.na(serial)) { reactive$estimators[[length(reactive$estimators) + 1]] <- list( method = "WP", mu = serial, mu_units = input$serialWPUnits, - search = list(B = 100, shape.max = 10, scale.max = 10)) + grid_length = 100, max_shape = 10, max_scale = 10) reactive$est_table <- update_est_col(input, output, reactive$data_table, reactive$estimators[[length(reactive$estimators)]], reactive$est_table) @@ -153,8 +153,7 @@ server <- function(input, output) { if (checks_passed) { reactive$estimators[[length(reactive$estimators) + 1]] <- list( method = "WP", mu = NA, mu_units = input$serialWPUnits, - search = list(B = grid_length, shape.max = max_shape, - scale.max = max_scale)) + grid_length = grid_length, max_shape = max_shape, max_scale = max_scale) reactive$est_table <- update_est_col(input, output, reactive$data_table, reactive$estimators[[length(reactive$estimators)]], reactive$est_table) @@ -279,12 +278,15 @@ eval_estimator <- function(input, output, estimator, dataset) { else if (estimator$mu_units == "Weeks" && dataset[2] == "Daily") serial <- serial * 7 - # White and Panago + # White and Pagano if (estimator$method == "WP") { - estimate <- WP(unlist(dataset[3]), mu = serial, search = estimator$search) + estimate <- wp(unlist(dataset[3]), mu = serial, serial = TRUE, + grid_length = estimator$grid_length, + max_shape = estimator$max_shape, + max_scale = estimator$max_scale) if (!is.na(estimator$mu)) - estimate <- round(estimate$Rhat, 2) + estimate <- round(estimate$r0, 2) # Display the estimated mean of the serial distribution if mu was not # specified. else { @@ -292,8 +294,8 @@ eval_estimator <- function(input, output, estimator, dataset) { mu_units <- "days" else mu_units <- "weeks" - MSI <- sum(estimate$SD$supp * estimate$SD$pmf) - estimate <- shiny::HTML(paste0(round(estimate$Rhat, 2), "
(μ = ", + MSI <- sum(estimate$supp * estimate$pmf) + estimate <- shiny::HTML(paste0(round(estimate$r0, 2), "
(μ = ", round(MSI, 2), " ", mu_units, ")")) } } diff --git a/R/ui.R b/R/ui.R index 355b08e..911061a 100644 --- a/R/ui.R +++ b/R/ui.R @@ -90,10 +90,10 @@ est_sidebar <- function() { ) } -# Collapsable entry for White & Panago (WP) method. +# Collapsable entry for White & Pagano (WP) method. WP_collapse <- function() { shiny::tags$details( - shiny::tags$summary(shiny::h4("White & Panago (WP)")), + shiny::tags$summary(shiny::h4("White & Pagano (WP)")), shiny::p("Method due to White and Pagano (2008), assumes a branching process based model. Serial distribution can be assumed known or can be estimated using maximum likelihood; When serial interval is diff --git a/R/wp.R b/R/wp.R index 04791e2..674a723 100644 --- a/R/wp.R +++ b/R/wp.R @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -#' WP method +#' White and Pagano (WP) #' #' This function implements an R0 estimation due to White and Pagano (Statistics #' in Medicine, 2008). The method is based on maximum likelihood estimation in a @@ -6,224 +6,218 @@ #' #' This method is based on a Poisson transmission model, and hence may be most #' most valid at the beginning of an epidemic. In their model, the serial -#' distribution is assumed to be discrete with a finite number of posible -#' values. In this implementation, if \code{mu} is not {NA}, the serial -#' distribution is taken to be a discretized version of a gamma distribution -#' with mean \code{mu}, shape parameter one, and largest possible value based on -#' parameter \code{tol}. When \code{mu} is \code{NA}, the function implements a -#' grid search algorithm to find the maximum likelihood estimator over all -#' possible gamma distributions with unknown mean and variance, restricting -#' these to a prespecified grid (see \code{search} parameter). -#' -#' When the serial distribution is known (i.e., \code{mu} is not \code{NA}), -#' sensitivity testing of \code{mu} is strongly recommended. If the serial -#' distribution is unknown (i.e., \code{mu} is \code{NA}), the likelihood -#' function can be flat near the maximum, resulting in numerical instability of -#' the optimizer. When \code{mu} is \code{NA}, the implementation takes -#' considerably longer to run. Users should be careful about units of time -#' (e.g., are counts observed daily or weekly?) when implementing. +#' distribution is assumed to be discrete with a finite number of possible +#' values. In this implementation, if `mu` is not `NA`, the serial distribution +#' is taken to be a discretized version of a gamma distribution with shape +#' parameter `1` and scale parameter `mu` (and hence mean `mu`). When `mu` is +#' `NA`, the function implements a grid search algorithm to find the maximum +#' likelihood estimator over all possible gamma distributions with unknown shape +#' and scale, restricting these to a prespecified grid (see the parameters +#' `grid_length`, `max_shape` and `max_scale`). In both cases, the largest value +#' of the support is chosen such that the cumulative distribution function of +#' the original (pre-discretized) gamma distribution has cumulative probability +#' of no more than 0.999 at this value. +#' +#' When the serial distribution is known (i.e., `mu` is not `NA`), sensitivity +#' testing of `mu` is strongly recommended. If the serial distribution is +#' unknown (i.e., `mu` is `NA`), the likelihood function can be flat near the +#' maximum, resulting in numerical instability of the optimizer. When `mu` is +#' `NA`, the implementation takes considerably longer to run. Users should be +#' careful about units of time (e.g., are counts observed daily or weekly?) when +#' implementing. #' #' The model developed in White and Pagano (2008) is discrete, and hence the #' serial distribution is finite discrete. In our implementation, the input -#' value \code{mu} is that of a continuous distribution. The algorithm -#' discretizes this input when \code{mu} is not \code{NA}, and hence the mean of -#' the serial distribution returned in the list \code{SD} will differ from -#' \code{mu} somewhat. That is to say, if the user notices that the input -#' \code{mu} and output mean of \code{SD} are different, this is to be expected, -#' and is caused by the discretization. -#' -#' @param NT Vector of case counts. -#' @param mu Mean of the serial distribution (needs to match case counts in time -#' units; for example, if case counts are weekly and the serial -#' distribution has a mean of seven days, then \code{mu} should be set -#' to one). The default value of \code{mu} is set to \code{NA}. -#' @param search List of default values for the grid search algorithm. The list -#' includes three elements: the first is \code{B}, which is the -#' length of the grid in one dimension; the second is -#' \code{scale.max}, which is the largest possible value of the -#' scale parameter; and the third is \code{shape.max}, which is -#' the largest possible value of the shape parameter. Defaults to -#' \code{B = 100, scale.max = 10, shape.max = 10}. For both shape -#' and scale, the smallest possible value is 1/\code{B}. -#' @param tol Cutoff value for cumulative distribution function of the -#' pre-discretization gamma serial distribution. Defaults to 0.999 -#' (i.e. in the discretization, the maximum is chosen such that the -#' original gamma distribution has cumulative probability of no more -#' than 0.999 at this maximum). -#' -#' @return \code{WP} returns a list containing the following components: -#' \code{Rhat} is the estimate of R0, and \code{SD} is either the -#' discretized serial distribution (if \code{mu} is not \code{NA}), or -#' the estimated discretized serial distribution (if \code{mu} is -#' \code{NA}). The list also returns the variable \code{check}, which is -#' equal to the number of non-unique maximum likelihood estimators. The -#' serial distribution \code{SD} is returned as a list made up of -#' \code{supp} (the support of the distribution) and \code{pmf} (the -#' probability mass function). +#' value `mu` is that of a continuous distribution. The algorithm discretizes +#' this input, and so the mean of the estimated serial distribution returned +#' (when `serial` is set to `TRUE`) will differ from `mu` somewhat. That is to +#' say, if the user notices that the input `mu` and the mean of the estimated +#' serial distribution are different, this is to be expected, and is caused by +#' the discretization. +#' +#' @param cases Vector of case counts. The vector must be of length at least two +#' and only contain positive integers. +#' @param mu Mean of the serial distribution. This must be a positive number or +#' `NA`. If a number is specified, the value should match the case counts in +#' time units. For example, if case counts are weekly and the serial +#' distribution has a mean of seven days, then `mu` should be set to `1`. If +#' case counts are daily and the serial distribution has a mean of seven days, +#' then `mu` should be set to `7`. +#' @param serial Whether to return the estimated serial distribution in addition +#' to the estimate of R0. This must be a value identical to `TRUE` or `FALSE`. +#' @param grid_length The length of the grid in the grid search (defaults to +#' 100). This must be a positive integer. It will only be used if `mu` is set +#' to `NA`. The grid search will go through all combinations of the shape and +#' scale parameters for the gamma distribution, which are `grid_length` evenly +#' spaced values from `0` (exclusive) to `max_shape` and `max_scale` +#' (inclusive), respectively. Note that larger values will result in a longer +#' search time. +#' @param max_shape The largest possible value of the shape parameter in the +#' grid search (defaults to 10). This must be a positive number. It will only +#' be used if `mu` is set to `NA`. Note that larger values will result in a +#' longer search time, and may cause numerical instabilities. +#' @param max_scale The largest possible value of the scale parameter in the +#' grid search (defaults to 10). This must be a positive number. It will only +#' be used if `mu` is set to `NA`. Note that larger values will result in a +#' longer search time, and may cause numerical instabilities. +#' +#' @return If `serial` is identical to `TRUE`, a list containing the following +#' components is returned: +#' * `r0` - the estimate of R0 +#' * `supp` - the support of the estimated serial distribution +#' * `pmf` - the probability mass function of the estimated serial +#' distribution +#' +#' Otherwise, if `serial` is identical to `FALSE`, only the estimate of R0 is +#' returned. +#' +#' @references +#' [White and Pagano (Statistics in Medicine, 2008)]( +#' https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.3136) +#' +#' @importFrom stats pgamma qgamma +#' +#' @export #' #' @examples #' # Weekly data. -#' NT <- c(1, 4, 10, 5, 3, 4, 19, 3, 3, 14, 4) +#' cases <- c(1, 4, 10, 5, 3, 4, 19, 3, 3, 14, 4) #' #' # Obtain R0 when the serial distribution has a mean of five days. -#' res1 <- WP(NT, mu = 5 / 7) -#' res1$Rhat +#' wp(cases, mu = 5 / 7) #' #' # Obtain R0 when the serial distribution has a mean of three days. -#' res2 <- WP(NT, mu = 3 / 7) -#' res2$Rhat +#' wp(cases, mu = 3 / 7) #' #' # Obtain R0 when the serial distribution is unknown. -#' # NOTE: This implementation will take longer to run. -#' res3 <- WP(NT) -#' res3$Rhat -#' -#' # Find the mean of the estimated serial distribution. -#' serial <- res3$SD -#' sum(serial$supp * serial$pmf) -#' -#' @importFrom stats pexp qexp -#' -#' @export -WP <- function(NT, mu = NA, - search = list(B = 100, shape.max = 10, scale.max = 10), - tol = 0.999) { +#' # Note that this will take longer to run than when `mu` is known. +#' wp(cases) +#' +#' # Same as above, but specify custom grid search parameters. The larger any of +#' # the parameters, the longer the search will take, but with potentially more +#' # accurate estimates. +#' wp(cases, grid_length = 40, max_shape = 4, max_scale = 4) +#' +#' # Return the estimated serial distribution in addition to the estimate of R0. +#' estimate <- wp(cases, serial = TRUE) +#' +#' # Display the estimate of R0, as well as the support and probability mass +#' # function of the estimated serial distribution returned by the grid search. +#' estimate$r0 +#' estimate$supp +#' estimate$pmf +wp <- function(cases, mu = NA, serial = FALSE, + grid_length = 100, max_shape = 10, max_scale = 10) { if (is.na(mu)) { - print("You have assumed that the serial distribution is unknown.") - res <- WP_unknown(NT, B = search$B, shape.max = search$shape.max, - scale.max = search$scale.max, tol = tol) - Rhat <- res$Rhat - p <- res$p - range.max <- res$range.max - JJ <- res$JJ + search <- wp_search(cases, grid_length, max_shape, max_scale) + r0 <- search$r0 + serial_supp <- search$supp + serial_pmf <- search$pmf } else { - print("You have assumed that the serial distribution is known.") - range.max <- ceiling(qexp(tol, rate = 1 / mu)) - p <- diff(pexp(0:range.max, 1 / mu)) - p <- p / sum(p) - res <- WP_known(NT = NT, p = p) - Rhat <- res - JJ <- NA + max_range <- ceiling(qgamma(0.999, shape = 1, scale = mu)) + serial_supp <- seq_len(max_range) + serial_pmf <- diff(pgamma(0:max_range, shape = 1, scale = mu)) + serial_pmf <- serial_pmf / sum(serial_pmf) + r0 <- sum(cases[-1]) / sum(wp_mu_t_sigma(cases, serial_pmf)) } - return(list(Rhat = Rhat, - check = length(JJ), - SD = list(supp = 1:range.max, pmf = p))) + if (!serial) { + return(r0) + } + list(r0 = r0, supp = serial_supp, pmf = serial_pmf) } -#' WP method background function WP_known +#' White and Pagano (WP) Grid Search #' -#' This is a background/internal function called by \code{WP}. It computes the +#' This is a background/internal function called by [wp()]. It computes the #' maximum likelihood estimator of R0 assuming that the serial distribution is -#' known and finite discrete. -#' -#' @param NT Vector of case counts. -#' @param p Discretized version of the serial distribution. +#' unknown (i.e., [wp()] is called with `mu` set to `NA`) but comes from a +#' discretized gamma distribution. The function implements a simple grid search +#' to obtain the maximum likelihood estimator of R0 as well as the gamma +#' parameters. +#' +#' @param cases Vector of case counts. +#' @param grid_length The length of the grid in the grid search. +#' @param max_shape The largest possible value of the shape parameter in the +#' grid search. +#' @param max_scale The largest possible value of the scale parameter in the +#' grid search. +#' +#' @return A list containing the following components is returned: +#' * `r0` - the estimate of R0 +#' * `supp` - the support of the estimated serial distribution +#' * `pmf` - the probability mass function of the estimated serial +#' distribution +#' +#' @references +#' [White and Pagano (Statistics in Medicine, 2008)]( +#' https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.3136) +#' +#' @seealso [wp()] for the function in which this grid search is called. #' -#' @return The function returns the maximum likelihood estimator of R0. +#' @importFrom stats pgamma qgamma #' #' @noRd -WP_known <- function(NT, p) { - k <- length(p) - TT <- length(NT) - 1 - mu_t <- rep(0, TT) +wp_search <- function(cases, grid_length, max_shape, max_scale) { + shapes <- seq(0, max_shape, length.out = grid_length + 1)[-1] + scales <- seq(0, max_scale, length.out = grid_length + 1)[-1] - for (i in 1:TT) { - Nt <- NT[i:max(1, i - k + 1)] - mu_t[i] <- sum(p[1:min(k, i)] * Nt) - } + best_log_like <- -Inf + best_serial_pmf <- NA + best_max_range <- NA + r0 <- NA - Rhat <- sum(NT[-1]) / sum(mu_t) - return(Rhat) -} + for (i in seq_len(grid_length)) { + for (j in seq_len(grid_length)) { + max_range <- ceiling(qgamma(0.999, shape = shapes[i], scale = scales[j])) -#' WP method background function WP_unknown -#' -#' This is a background/internal function called by \code{WP}. It computes the -#' maximum likelihood estimator of R0 assuming that the serial distribution is -#' unknown but comes from a discretized gamma distribution. The function then -#' implements a simple grid search algorithm to obtain the maximum likelihood -#' estimator of R0 as well as the gamma parameters. -#' -#' @param NT Vector of case counts. -#' @param B Length of grid for shape and scale (grid search parameter). -#' @param shape.max Maximum shape value (grid \code{search} parameter). -#' @param scale.max Maximum scale value (grid \code{search} parameter). -#' @param tol cutoff value for cumulative distribution function of the serial -#' distribution (defaults to 0.999). -#' -#' @return The function returns \code{Rhat}, the maximum likelihood estimator of -#' R0, as well as the maximum likelihood estimator of the discretized -#' serial distribution given by \code{p} (the probability mass function) -#' and \code{range.max} (the distribution has support on the integers -#' one to \code{range.max}). The function also returns \code{resLL} (all -#' values of the log-likelihood) at \code{shape} (grid for shape -#' parameter) and at \code{scale} (grid for scale parameter), as well as -#' \code{resR0} (the full vector of maximum likelihood estimators), -#' \code{JJ} (the locations for the likelihood for these), and \code{J0} -#' (the location for the maximum likelihood estimator \code{Rhat}). If -#' \code{JJ} and \code{J0} are not the same, this means that the maximum -#' likelihood estimator is not unique. -#' -#' @importFrom stats pgamma qgamma -#' -#' @noRd -WP_unknown <- function(NT, B = 100, shape.max = 10, scale.max = 10, - tol = 0.999) { - shape <- seq(0, shape.max, length.out = B + 1) - scale <- seq(0, scale.max, length.out = B + 1) - shape <- shape[-1] - scale <- scale[-1] + serial_pmf <- diff( + pgamma(0:max_range, shape = shapes[i], scale = scales[j]) + ) + serial_pmf <- serial_pmf / sum(serial_pmf) - resLL <- matrix(0, B, B) - resR0 <- matrix(0, B, B) + mu_t_sigma <- wp_mu_t_sigma(cases, serial_pmf) + mle <- sum(cases[-1]) / sum(mu_t_sigma) + mu_t <- mle * mu_t_sigma - for (i in 1:B) - for (j in 1:B) { - range.max <- ceiling(qgamma(tol, shape = shape[i], scale = scale[j])) - p <- diff(pgamma(0:range.max, shape = shape[i], scale = scale[j])) - p <- p / sum(p) - mle <- WP_known(NT, p) - resLL[i, j] <- computeLL(p, NT, mle) - resR0[i, j] <- mle + log_like <- sum(cases[-1] * log(mu_t)) - sum(mu_t) + if (log_like > best_log_like) { + best_log_like <- log_like + best_serial_pmf <- serial_pmf + best_max_range <- max_range + r0 <- mle + } } + } - J0 <- which.max(resLL) - R0hat <- resR0[J0] - JJ <- which(resLL == resLL[J0], arr.ind = TRUE) - range.max <- ceiling(qgamma(tol, shape = shape[JJ[1]], scale = scale[JJ[2]])) - p <- diff(pgamma(0:range.max, shape = shape[JJ[1]], scale = scale[JJ[2]])) - p <- p / sum(p) - - return(list(Rhat = R0hat, J0 = J0, ll = resLL, Rs = resR0, scale = scale, - shape = shape, JJ = JJ, p = p, range.max = range.max)) + list(r0 = r0, supp = seq_len(best_max_range), pmf = best_serial_pmf) } -#' WP method background function computeLL +#' White and Pagano (WP) Mu Function Helper +#' +#' This is a background/internal function called by [wp()] and [wp_search()]. It +#' computes the sum inside the function `mu(t)`, which is present in the log +#' likelihood function. See the referenced article for more details. +#' +#' @param cases Vector of case counts. +#' @param serial_pmf The probability mass function of the serial distribution. #' -#' This is a background/internal function called by \code{WP}. It computes the -#' log-likelihood. +#' @return The sum inside the function `mu(t)` of the log likelihood. #' -#' @param p Discretized version of the serial distribution. -#' @param NT Vector of case counts. -#' @param R0 Basic reproductive ratio. +#' @references +#' [White and Pagano (Statistics in Medicine, 2008)]( +#' https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.3136) #' -#' @return This function returns the log-likelihood at the input variables and -#' parameters. +#' @seealso [wp()] and [wp_search()] for the functions which require this sum. #' #' @noRd -computeLL <- function(p, NT, R0) { - k <- length(p) - TT <- length(NT) - 1 - mu_t <- rep(0, TT) - - for (i in 1:TT) { - Nt <- NT[i:max(1, i - k + 1)] - mu_t[i] <- sum(p[1:min(k, i)] * Nt) +wp_mu_t_sigma <- function(cases, serial_pmf) { + mu_t_sigma <- rep(0, length(cases) - 1) + for (i in seq_len(length(cases) - 1)) { + mu_t_sigma[i] <- sum( + serial_pmf[seq_len(min(length(serial_pmf), i))] * + cases[i:max(1, i - length(serial_pmf) + 1)] + ) } - - mu_t <- R0 * mu_t - LL <- sum(NT[-1] * log(mu_t)) - sum(mu_t) - - return(LL) + mu_t_sigma } diff --git a/man/wp.Rd b/man/wp.Rd index 479593b..450c948 100644 --- a/man/wp.Rd +++ b/man/wp.Rd @@ -1,49 +1,62 @@ % Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand -% Please edit documentation in R/WP.R -\name{WP} -\alias{WP} -\title{WP method} +% Please edit documentation in R/wp.R +\name{wp} +\alias{wp} +\title{White and Pagano (WP)} \usage{ -WP( - NT, +wp( + cases, mu = NA, - search = list(B = 100, shape.max = 10, scale.max = 10), - tol = 0.999 + serial = FALSE, + grid_length = 100, + max_shape = 10, + max_scale = 10 ) } \arguments{ -\item{NT}{Vector of case counts.} +\item{cases}{Vector of case counts. The vector must be of length at least two +and only contain positive integers.} -\item{mu}{Mean of the serial distribution (needs to match case counts in time -units; for example, if case counts are weekly and the serial -distribution has a mean of seven days, then \code{mu} should be set -to one). The default value of \code{mu} is set to \code{NA}.} +\item{mu}{Mean of the serial distribution. This must be a positive number or +\code{NA}. If a number is specified, the value should match the case counts in +time units. For example, if case counts are weekly and the serial +distribution has a mean of seven days, then \code{mu} should be set to \code{1}. If +case counts are daily and the serial distribution has a mean of seven days, +then \code{mu} should be set to \code{7}.} -\item{search}{List of default values for the grid search algorithm. The list -includes three elements: the first is \code{B}, which is the -length of the grid in one dimension; the second is -\code{scale.max}, which is the largest possible value of the -scale parameter; and the third is \code{shape.max}, which is -the largest possible value of the shape parameter. Defaults to -\code{B = 100, scale.max = 10, shape.max = 10}. For both shape -and scale, the smallest possible value is 1/\code{B}.} +\item{serial}{Whether to return the estimated serial distribution in addition +to the estimate of R0. This must be a value identical to \code{TRUE} or \code{FALSE}.} -\item{tol}{Cutoff value for cumulative distribution function of the -pre-discretization gamma serial distribution. Defaults to 0.999 -(i.e. in the discretization, the maximum is chosen such that the -original gamma distribution has cumulative probability of no more -than 0.999 at this maximum).} +\item{grid_length}{The length of the grid in the grid search (defaults to +100). This must be a positive integer. It will only be used if \code{mu} is set +to \code{NA}. The grid search will go through all combinations of the shape and +scale parameters for the gamma distribution, which are \code{grid_length} evenly +spaced values from \code{0} (exclusive) to \code{max_shape} and \code{max_scale} +(inclusive), respectively. Note that larger values will result in a longer +search time.} + +\item{max_shape}{The largest possible value of the shape parameter in the +grid search (defaults to 10). This must be a positive number. It will only +be used if \code{mu} is set to \code{NA}. Note that larger values will result in a +longer search time, and may cause numerical instabilities.} + +\item{max_scale}{The largest possible value of the scale parameter in the +grid search (defaults to 10). This must be a positive number. It will only +be used if \code{mu} is set to \code{NA}. Note that larger values will result in a +longer search time, and may cause numerical instabilities.} } \value{ -\code{WP} returns a list containing the following components: - \code{Rhat} is the estimate of R0, and \code{SD} is either the - discretized serial distribution (if \code{mu} is not \code{NA}), or - the estimated discretized serial distribution (if \code{mu} is - \code{NA}). The list also returns the variable \code{check}, which is - equal to the number of non-unique maximum likelihood estimators. The - serial distribution \code{SD} is returned as a list made up of - \code{supp} (the support of the distribution) and \code{pmf} (the - probability mass function). +If \code{serial} is identical to \code{TRUE}, a list containing the following +components is returned: +\itemize{ +\item \code{r0} - the estimate of R0 +\item \code{supp} - the support of the estimated serial distribution +\item \code{pmf} - the probability mass function of the estimated serial +distribution +} + +Otherwise, if \code{serial} is identical to \code{FALSE}, only the estimate of R0 is +returned. } \description{ This function implements an R0 estimation due to White and Pagano (Statistics @@ -53,51 +66,63 @@ Poisson transmission model. See details for important implementation notes. \details{ This method is based on a Poisson transmission model, and hence may be most most valid at the beginning of an epidemic. In their model, the serial -distribution is assumed to be discrete with a finite number of posible -values. In this implementation, if \code{mu} is not {NA}, the serial -distribution is taken to be a discretized version of a gamma distribution -with mean \code{mu}, shape parameter one, and largest possible value based on -parameter \code{tol}. When \code{mu} is \code{NA}, the function implements a -grid search algorithm to find the maximum likelihood estimator over all -possible gamma distributions with unknown mean and variance, restricting -these to a prespecified grid (see \code{search} parameter). +distribution is assumed to be discrete with a finite number of possible +values. In this implementation, if \code{mu} is not \code{NA}, the serial distribution +is taken to be a discretized version of a gamma distribution with shape +parameter \code{1} and scale parameter \code{mu} (and hence mean \code{mu}). When \code{mu} is +\code{NA}, the function implements a grid search algorithm to find the maximum +likelihood estimator over all possible gamma distributions with unknown shape +and scale, restricting these to a prespecified grid (see the parameters +\code{grid_length}, \code{max_shape} and \code{max_scale}). In both cases, the largest value +of the support is chosen such that the cumulative distribution function of +the original (pre-discretized) gamma distribution has cumulative probability +of no more than 0.999 at this value. -When the serial distribution is known (i.e., \code{mu} is not \code{NA}), -sensitivity testing of \code{mu} is strongly recommended. If the serial -distribution is unknown (i.e., \code{mu} is \code{NA}), the likelihood -function can be flat near the maximum, resulting in numerical instability of -the optimizer. When \code{mu} is \code{NA}, the implementation takes -considerably longer to run. Users should be careful about units of time -(e.g., are counts observed daily or weekly?) when implementing. +When the serial distribution is known (i.e., \code{mu} is not \code{NA}), sensitivity +testing of \code{mu} is strongly recommended. If the serial distribution is +unknown (i.e., \code{mu} is \code{NA}), the likelihood function can be flat near the +maximum, resulting in numerical instability of the optimizer. When \code{mu} is +\code{NA}, the implementation takes considerably longer to run. Users should be +careful about units of time (e.g., are counts observed daily or weekly?) when +implementing. The model developed in White and Pagano (2008) is discrete, and hence the serial distribution is finite discrete. In our implementation, the input -value \code{mu} is that of a continuous distribution. The algorithm -discretizes this input when \code{mu} is not \code{NA}, and hence the mean of -the serial distribution returned in the list \code{SD} will differ from -\code{mu} somewhat. That is to say, if the user notices that the input -\code{mu} and output mean of \code{SD} are different, this is to be expected, -and is caused by the discretization. +value \code{mu} is that of a continuous distribution. The algorithm discretizes +this input, and so the mean of the estimated serial distribution returned +(when \code{serial} is set to \code{TRUE}) will differ from \code{mu} somewhat. That is to +say, if the user notices that the input \code{mu} and the mean of the estimated +serial distribution are different, this is to be expected, and is caused by +the discretization. } \examples{ # Weekly data. -NT <- c(1, 4, 10, 5, 3, 4, 19, 3, 3, 14, 4) +cases <- c(1, 4, 10, 5, 3, 4, 19, 3, 3, 14, 4) # Obtain R0 when the serial distribution has a mean of five days. -res1 <- WP(NT, mu = 5 / 7) -res1$Rhat +wp(cases, mu = 5 / 7) # Obtain R0 when the serial distribution has a mean of three days. -res2 <- WP(NT, mu = 3 / 7) -res2$Rhat +wp(cases, mu = 3 / 7) # Obtain R0 when the serial distribution is unknown. -# NOTE: This implementation will take longer to run. -res3 <- WP(NT) -res3$Rhat +# Note that this will take longer to run than when `mu` is known. +wp(cases) + +# Same as above, but specify custom grid search parameters. The larger any of +# the parameters, the longer the search will take, but with potentially more +# accurate estimates. +wp(cases, grid_length = 40, max_shape = 4, max_scale = 4) -# Find the mean of the estimated serial distribution. -serial <- res3$SD -sum(serial$supp * serial$pmf) +# Return the estimated serial distribution in addition to the estimate of R0. +estimate <- wp(cases, serial = TRUE) +# Display the estimate of R0, as well as the support and probability mass +# function of the estimated serial distribution returned by the grid search. +estimate$r0 +estimate$supp +estimate$pmf +} +\references{ +\href{https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.3136}{White and Pagano (Statistics in Medicine, 2008)} } -- cgit v1.2.3