From 23702578642dcf54608777bb40d5be322aaee074 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tatiana Krikella <106450627+TKrikella@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 12:55:17 -0500 Subject: Update id.html --- inst/app/templates/content/estimation/about-estimators/id.html | 8 +++----- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'inst/app/templates/content') 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 R0. +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 R0. -- cgit v1.2.3