The Moving Epidemics Method R Package

Overview

This is the R package of the Moving Epidemics Method

Installation

The package can be installed from the official R repositories (CRAN) using the built-in install function:

# install the mem CRAN version
install.packages("mem")

To install the lastest development version of mem, it is recommended to install it from the sources at github.

# in case you dont have devtools installed, install it
install.packages(devtools)

# install the new package from github
devtools::install_github("lozalojo/mem")

Usage

# load the library
library("mem")

# run the help
help("mem")

References

Vega T., Lozano J.E. (2004) Modelling influenza epidemic - can we detect the beginning and predict the intensity and duration? International Congress Series 1263 (2004) 281-283.

Vega T., Lozano J.E. (2012) Influenza surveillance in Europe: establishing epidemic thresholds by the Moving Epidemic Method. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, DOI:10.1111/j.1750-2659.2012.00422.x.