create_initial_conditions

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Uses the output of <code>create_stan_data</code> to create a function which can be used
to sample from the prior distributions (or as close as possible) for
parameters. Used in order to initialise each <code>stan</code> chain within a range of
plausible values.

Estimates the time-varying reproduction number,
rate of spread, and doubling time using a range of open-source tools
(Abbott et al. (2020) <doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16006.1>), and
current best practices (Gostic et al. (2020)
<doi:10.1101/2020.06.18.20134858>). It aims to help users avoid some
of the limitations of naive implementations in a framework that is
informed by community feedback and is actively supported.

Sam Abbott 

EpiNow2

Estimate Real-Time Case Counts and Time-Varying Epidemiological
Parameters

Sam Abbott

Joel Hellewell

Katharine Sherratt

Katelyn Gostic

Joe Hickson

Hamada S. Badr

Michael DeWitt

Robin Thompson

Sophie Meakin

James Munday

Nikos Bosse

Paul Mee

Peter Ellis

Pietro Monticone

Lloyd Chapman

James M. Azam

Andrew Johnson

EpiForecasts 

Sebastian Funk

create_initial_conditions function

<dl><dt>data</dt>
<dd>A list of data as produced by <code>create_stan_data.</code></dd></dl>

Arguments

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Uses the output of <code>create_stan_data</code> to create a function which can be used
to sample from the prior distributions (or as close as possible) for
parameters. Used in order to initialise each <code>stan</code> chain within a range of
plausible values.

Create Initial Conditions Generating Function — create_initial_conditions

<dl>

<dt>data</dt>
<dd>A list of data as produced by <code>create_stan_data.</code></dd>

</dl>

Create Initial Conditions Generating Function

create_initial_conditions: Create Initial Conditions Generating Function

Description

Usage

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