epiverse-trace / epiparameter

R package with library of epidemiological parameters for infectious diseases and functions and classes for working with parameters
https://epiverse-trace.github.io/epiparameter
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`as_epidist()` S3 generic to enable conversion of other epidemiological parameter databases #264

Closed joshwlambert closed 6 months ago

joshwlambert commented 7 months ago

To enable an easy, extendable way to convert between other formats that hold epidemiological parameters (e.g. {epireview}), to <epidist> objects for applications.

joshwlambert commented 7 months ago

Considerations for epidemiological parameters that use base R classes (e.g. vectors or <data.frames>) for S3 dispatch, might need to assign classes based on columns or identifiable aspects of data.