#' WP method background function computeLL #' #' This is a background/internal function called by \code{WP}. It computes the log-likelihood. #' #' @param NT Vector of case counts. #' @param p Discretized version of the serial distribution. #' @param R0 Basic reproductive ratio. #' #' @return This function returns the log-likelihood at the input variables and parameters. #' #' @export 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) } mu_t <- R0 * mu_t LL <- sum(NT[-1] * log(mu_t)) - sum(mu_t) return(LL) }