extract_latent_state: Extract samples for a latent state from a Stan model

In EpiNow2: Estimate and Forecast Real-Time Infection Dynamics

Extract samples for a latent state from a Stan model

Description

Extracts a time-varying latent state from a list of stan output and returns it as a ⁠<data.table>⁠.

Usage

extract_latent_state(param, samples, dates)

Arguments

param	Character string indicating the latent state to extract
samples	Extracted stan model (using rstan::extract())
dates	A vector identifying the dimensionality of the latent state to extract. Generally this will be a date.

Value

A ⁠<data.frame>⁠ containing the following columns:

time

Integer index (1..N) corresponding to the position in the supplied dates vector. This is the row/time-step index that maps to the date column

date

The date corresponding to this time step

sample

Integer sample ID from the posterior

value

Numeric value of the parameter sample

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