gammaRates: Gamma Distributed Biting Rates

Description Usage Arguments Value

Description

Produce gamma-distributed rates for each person, with a chosen mean value of Poisson process parameterized by gamma rates, and selected shape (controls variance). This function calls rgamma to sample random numbers.

Usage

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gammaRates(N, mean = 5, shape = 10)

Arguments

N

number of humans

mean

mean value

shape

controls variance in gamma distributed rates; larger values produce distributions with lower variance.

Value

distribution of biting rates


smitdave/MASH documentation built on May 30, 2019, 5:02 a.m.