growth: Logistic Growth Models for Regional Infections

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Logistic Growth Models for Regional Infections

Description

Estimates N logistic growth models for N regions.

Usage

growth(
  object, 
  S_iterations = 10, 
  S_start_est_method = "bisect", 
  seq_by = 10, 
  nls = TRUE
  )

Arguments

object	object of class sbm
S_iterations	Number of iterations for saturation value search
S_start_est_method	Method for saturation value search, either "bisect" or "trial_and_error"
seq_by	No of segments for the "trial_and_error" estimation of the saturation value
nls	Nonlinear estimation? TRUE or FALSE

Details

The function estimates logistic growth models for regional infections based on a sbm object. See logistic_growth for further details.

Value

list with two entries:

results:	Object of class "data.frame" Results of the logistic growth models (coefficients and derivates)
logistic_growth_models:	Object of class "list" List with N entries for N growth models resp. loggrowth objects

Author(s)

Thomas Wieland

References

Wieland T (2020) Flatten the Curve! Modeling SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 Growth in Germany at the County Level. REGION 7(2), 43–83. \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("https://doi.org/10.18335/region.v7i2.324")}

Examples

data(COVID19Cases_geoRegion)
# Get SWISS COVID19 cases at NUTS 3 level

COVID19Cases_geoRegion <- 
  COVID19Cases_geoRegion[!COVID19Cases_geoRegion$geoRegion %in% c("CH", "CHFL"),]
# Exclude CH = Switzerland total and CHFL = Switzerland and Liechtenstein total

COVID19Cases_geoRegion <- 
  COVID19Cases_geoRegion[COVID19Cases_geoRegion$datum <= "2020-05-31",]
# Extract first COVID-19 wave

CH_covidwave1 <- 
  swash (
    data = COVID19Cases_geoRegion, 
    col_cases = "entries", 
    col_date = "datum", 
    col_region = "geoRegion"
    )
# Swash-Backwash Model for Swiss COVID19 cases
# Spatial aggregate: NUTS 3 (cantons)

CH_covidwave1_growth <- growth(CH_covidwave1)
CH_covidwave1_growth
# Logistic growth models for sbm object CH_covidwave1

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