fastbeta: Fast Approximation of Time-Varying Infectious Disease Transmission Rates

A fast method for approximating time-varying infectious disease transmission rates from disease incidence time series and other data, based on a discrete time approximation of an SEIR model, as analyzed in Jagan et al. (2020) <doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008124>.

Package details

AuthorMikael Jagan [aut, cre] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3542-2938>)
MaintainerMikael Jagan <jaganmn@mcmaster.ca>
LicenseGPL (>= 2)
Version0.4.0
URL https://github.com/davidearn/fastbeta
Package repositoryView on CRAN
Installation Install the latest version of this package by entering the following in R:
install.packages("fastbeta")

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fastbeta documentation built on June 8, 2025, 11:04 a.m.