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[Preprint]. 2020 Jul 7:2020.05.01.20088047. [Version 3] doi: 10.1101/2020.05.01.20088047

Table 3.

Prior distributions for time-varying effective reproduction number R(t) of constant, hyperbolic tangent, and Gaussian random walk type.

R(t) … constant
Parameter Distribution
R0 Normal(2.5,2)
R(t) … hyperbolic tangent
Parameter Distribution
R0 Normal(2.5,2)
Rt Normal(2.5,2)
t* Normal(10,10)
T LogNormal(log(3),1.5)
R(t) … Gaussian random walk
Parameter Distribution
R(t) GRW(μ,τ1/(1.0−s))
μ Normal(0,2)
τ1 Exponential(1/2)
s Uniform(0,1)