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Include half normal priors on the rates (SIR model) #32

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maxbiostat opened this issue Jun 5, 2020 · 1 comment
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Include half normal priors on the rates (SIR model) #32

maxbiostat opened this issue Jun 5, 2020 · 1 comment
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We have three choices for priors on the rates beta and gamma:

  • Gamma priors -> Gamma ratio distribution on R_0
  • Log-normal priors -> log-normal prior on R_0
  • Half-normal priors -> Weird distribution R_0

I have derived the density for the ratio of half normals. It ain't pretty, but it's closed-form. What would be nice here would be to implement the Boarding School example also with halfnormal priors as done here

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maxbiostat commented Jun 5, 2020

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Distribution of R_0 under three different choices for the priors on beta and gamma.

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