Generate Synthetic Incidence Data (Optional) — generate_synthetic

Optionally generates synthetic incidence data from a model, with the ability to add Poisson noise.

Usage

generate_synthetic_data(
  model,
  param_inputs,
  dates,
  month,
  month_unequal_days,
  noise,
  seed,
  synthetic,
  incidence_df
)

model: A simulation model object used to generate synthetic data.
param_inputs: A list of model parameters to use for simulation.
dates: A vector of two dates (start_date, end_date) specifying the simulation period.
month: Logical; whether to aggregate simulated data by calendar months.
month_unequal_days: Logical; whether to weight months by unequal days during simulation.
noise: Logical; if TRUE, adds Poisson noise to the simulated outputs.
seed: Integer; random seed used for reproducible noise.
synthetic: Logical; if TRUE, synthetic data will be generated. If FALSE, returns the input incidence_df.
incidence_df: A data frame of observed incidence; returned unchanged if synthetic = FALSE.

A data frame of synthetic or observed incidence data with columns such as inc, inc_C, inc_A.