R/bsflu.R

In kingaa/pomp: Statistical Inference for Partially Observed Markov Processes

##' Influenza outbreak in a boarding school
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##' An outbreak of influenza in an all-boys boarding school.
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##' Data are recorded from a 1978 flu outbreak in a closed population.
##' The variable \sQuote{B} refers to boys confined to bed on the corresponding day and \sQuote{C} to boys in convalescence,
##' i.e., not yet allowed back to class.
##' In total, 763 boys were at risk of infection and, over the course of the outbreak, 512 boys spent between 3 and 7 days away from class (either in bed or convalescent).
##' The index case was a boy who arrived at school from holiday six days before the next case.
##' @name bsflu
##' @rdname bsflu
##' @family pomp datasets
##' @seealso \link[=compartmental_models]{compartmental models}
##' @references
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##' \Anonymous1978
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##' @example examples/bsflu.R
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