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Get date time spine to map to model output

Usage

get_date_time_spine(
  forecast_date,
  input_count_data,
  last_count_data_date,
  calibration_time,
  forecast_horizon
)

Arguments

forecast_date

a character string in ISO8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD) indicating the date that the forecast is to be made.

input_count_data

a dataframe of the count data to be passed directly to stan, , must have the following columns: date, count, total_pop

last_count_data_date

string indicating the date of the last observed count data point in 1SO8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD)

calibration_time

integer indicating the number of days to calibrate the model for, default is 90

forecast_horizon

integer indicating the number of days, including the forecast date, to produce forecasts for, default is 28

Value

a tibble containing an integer for time mapped to the corresponding date, for the entire calibration and forecast period