source("WP_known.R") source("WP_unknown.R") #' WP method #' #' 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 Poisson transmission model. #' See details for important implementation notes. #' #' 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. #' #' 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). #' #' @examples #' ## ===================================================== ## #' ## Illustrate on weekly data ## #' ## ===================================================== ## #' #' NT <- c(1, 4, 10, 5, 3, 4, 19, 3, 3, 14, 4) #' ## obtain Rhat when serial distribution has mean of five days #' res1 <- WP(NT=NT, mu=5/7) #' res1$Rhat #' ## obtain Rhat when serial distribution has mean of three days #' res2 <- WP(NT=NT, mu=3/7) #' res2$Rhat #' ## obtain Rhat when serial distribution is unknown #' ## NOTE: this implementation will take longer to run #' res3 <- WP(NT=NT) #' res3$Rhat #' ## find mean of estimated serial distribution #' serial <- res3$SD #' sum(serial$supp * serial$pmf) #' #' ## ========================================================= ## #' ## Compute Rhat using only the first five weeks of data ## #' ## ========================================================= ## #' #' res4 <- WP(NT=NT[1:5], mu=5/7) # serial distribution has mean of five days #' res4$Rhat #' #' @export WP <- function(NT, mu=NA, search=list(B=100, shape.max=10, scale.max=10), tol=0.999) { if (is.na(mu)) { print("You have assumed that the serial distribution is unknown.") res <- WP_unknown(NT=NT, B=search$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 } 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 } return(list(Rhat=Rhat, check=length(JJ), SD=list(supp=1:range.max, pmf=p))) }