calcOmega: Solve for Omega (additional genotype-specific mortality)

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Solve for Omega (additional genotype-specific mortality)

Description

Solves for root of equation of geometrically-distributed lifespan for value of omega.

Usage

calcOmega(mu, lifespanReduction)

Arguments

mu	Daily mortality probability (discrete-time hazard, called muAd in code)
lifespanReduction	Target reduced lifespan, between 0 and 1 (target average lifespan will be \frac{1}{\mu_{Ad}} \times lifespanReduction)

Examples

# reduce lifespan by 10%
#  Example mu is an average for Aedes
newOmega <- calcOmega(mu = 0.11, lifespanReduction = 0.90)

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