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license: MIT
title: 'epidist: Estimate Epidemiological Delay Distributions with ''brms'''
version: 1.0.0
doi: 10.5281/zenodo.14213017
identifiers:
- type: url
  value: https://github.com/epinowcast/epidist/
abstract: Understanding and accurately estimating epidemiological delay distributions
  is important for public health policy. These estimates influence epidemic situational
  awareness, control strategies, and resource allocation. This package provides methods
  to address the key challenges in estimating these distributions, including truncation,
  interval censoring, and dynamical biases, following Park et al. (2024) <https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.01.12.24301247>
  and Charniga et al. (2024) <https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012520>. These
  issues are frequently overlooked, resulting in biased conclusions. Built on top
  of 'brms', it allows for flexible modelling including time-varying and spatial effects
  and partially pooled estimates of demographic characteristics.
authors:
- family-names: Howes
  given-names: Adam
  email: adamthowes@gmail.com
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2386-4031
- family-names: Park
  given-names: Sang Woo
  email: swp2@princeton.edu
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2202-3361
- family-names: Abbott
  given-names: Sam
  email: contact@samabbott.co.uk
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8057-8037
preferred-citation:
  type: manual
  title: 'epidist: Estimate Epidemiological Delay Distributions with ''brms'''
  authors:
  - family-names: Howes
    given-names: Adam
    email: adamthowes@gmail.com
    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2386-4031
  - family-names: Park
    given-names: Sang Woo
    email: swp2@princeton.edu
    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2202-3361
  - family-names: Abbott
    given-names: Sam
    email: contact@samabbott.co.uk
    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8057-8037
  year: '2026'
  doi: 10.5281/zenodo.14213017
repository: https://cran.r-universe.dev
repository-code: https://github.com/epinowcast/epidist/issues/
commit: b646ced2c71f2358fa426e7cfd6d88a03055b5ee
url: https://epidist.epinowcast.org/
date-released: '2026-10-13'
contact:
- family-names: Abbott
  given-names: Sam
  email: contact@samabbott.co.uk
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8057-8037