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amei: AnRPackage for the Adaptive Management of Epidemiological Interventions

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: The amei package for R is a tool that provides a flexible statistical framework for generating optimal epidemiological interventions that are designed to minimize the total expected cost of an emerging epidemic. Uncertainty regarding the underlying disease parameters is propagated through to the decision process via Bayesian posterior inference. The strategies produced through this framework are adaptive: vaccination schedules are iteratively adjusted to reflect the anticipated trajectory of the epidemic given the current population state and updated parameter estimates. This document briefly covers the background and methodology underpinning the implementation provided by the package and contains extensive examples showing the functions and methods in action.

Source: Journal of Statistical Software

DOI: 10.18637/jss.v036.i06

Authors: Daniel Merl, Leah R. Johnson, Robert B. Gramacy, Marc Mangel

Language: English

Topic: Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2172004424

FWCI: 3.187

Cites: 24

Cited by: 122

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