update_horizon: Updates Forecast Horizon Based on Input Data and Target

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update_horizonR Documentation

Updates Forecast Horizon Based on Input Data and Target

Description

[Stable] Makes sure that a forecast is returned for the user specified time period beyond the target date.

Usage

update_horizon(horizon, target_date, data)

Arguments

horizon

Numeric, defaults to 7. Number of days into the future to forecast.

target_date

Date, defaults to maximum found in the data if not specified.

data

A ⁠<data.frame>⁠ of confirmed cases (confirm) by date (date). confirm must be numeric and date must be in date format.

Value

Numeric forecast horizon adjusted for the users intention


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