Items corresponding to entire populations or subpopulations. Might be geographically or temporally temporally limited.

population

EpiLPS is a statistical tool that integrates Laplace approximations and Bayesian P-splines for methodological advancements in statistical modeling of infectious diseases. Originally developed for estimating the time-varying reproduction number, it has been extended to support nowcasting case data and estimating incubation times periods. The tool provides a framework for generating accurate estimates of key epidemiological parameters from surveillance data.

non-collection specific

(Simple) Released

English

GNU GPL v3

ORCID

Oswaldo Gressani

Bryan Sumalinab

R is a programming language and software environment for statistical computing and graphics, widely used among statisticians and data miners.

EpiLPS: A Fast and Flexible Bayesian Tool for Estimating Epidemiological Parameters

Descriptors of the behavior of an outbreak

modeling

Modeling

Predicted value of key outbreak parameters, including (but not limited to) fatality rate, R_0, etc.

parameter estimation

Parameter Estimation

modeling purpose

Modeling Purpose

The method or type of model used to achieve the purpose.

modeling method

Modeling Method

a statistical model is an information content entity which is a formalization of relationships between variables in the form of mathematical equations. A statistical model describes how one or more random variables are related to one or more other variables. The model is statistical as the variables are not deterministically but stochastically related.

statistical model

Statistical Model

A Bayesian model is a statistical model where inference is based on using Bayes theorem to obtain a posterior distribution for a quantity (or quantities) of interest for some model (such as parameter values) based on some prior distribution for the relevant unknown parameters and the likelihood from the model.

Bayesian model

Bayesian Model

Software is a plan specification composed of a series of instructions that can be interpreted by or directly executed by a processing unit.

software

Written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory.

Package

Topic

Digital Object Type

Apache 2.0

Schema.org vocabulary for structured data on the web

Schema.org

Dublin Core Metadata Initiative Terms - refined elements for precise resource description

DCMI Metadata Terms

Provenance, Authoring and Versioning ontology for metadata about web resources

PAV Ontology

W3C Provenance Ontology for describing provenance information

PROV Ontology

Custom MIDAS vocabulary for epidemiological data and modeling

MIDAS Metadata Vocabulary

JSON Schema (Draft 2020-12) defining the structure of MIDAS Catalog JSON-LD metadata records

MIDAS Catalog JSON-LD Schema

Searchable collection of curated datasets and software resources for infectious disease modeling, filterable by disease, topic, location, and time period.

Identifier	URL: https://epilps.com/
Type	Software Package
Topics/About	Modeling Modeling Method Statistical Model Bayesian Model Modeling Purpose Parameter Estimation
Language	English
License	GNU GPL v3
Accessible For Free	TRUE
Biological Scale	population
Collection End Date	2024/10/24
Software Language	R
Version	1.4.0
HTTP Status Code	200
HTTP Checked On	2026/09/27