Generate Model-Observation Comparison Function

Wraps a call to generate_incidence_comparison() to produce a likelihood or loss function for comparing model output to observed data.

Usage

generate_comparison_function(
  month,
  age_for_inf,
  incidence_observed,
  include_prev
)

Arguments

month

Logical; whether the model and data are aggregated by calendar month.

age_for_inf

Character; specifies the age group used for inference (e.g., "inc_C" or "inc_A").

incidence_observed

A data frame of observed incidence data.

include_prev

Logical; whether to include prevalence data in the comparison function.

Value

A comparison function object that can be passed to mcstate::pmcmc() or other inference routines.