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Alpha: Constructs alpha prior

Description

The Alpha constructure function returns an R6 Alpha_ class which feeds sanitised prior or initialisation values for alpha into the model.

Usage

Alpha(data, alpha, source, time = NULL, location = NULL)

Arguments

data
long-format data.frame containing Dirichlet prior hyperparameter, source, time, and location columns
alpha
name of hyperparameter column
source
name of source column
time
name of optional time column
location
name of optional location column

Value

An Alpha_ data structure for use in sourceR models