pExtinct {branchingprocess} | R Documentation |
Probability that one initial case leads to an outbreak that eventually dies out (stochastic extinction)
Description
Probability that one initial case leads to an outbreak that eventually dies out (stochastic extinction)
Usage
pExtinct(R, k)
Arguments
R |
Reproduction number: mean of negative binomial offspring distribution |
k |
Dispersion parameter of negative binomial offspring distribution |
Value
The probability of outbreak extinction
Author(s)
Damon Toth
Examples
# Probability that a single case leads to an extinct outbreak when the offspring distribution
# is negative binomial with mean 2 and dispersion parameter 0.5:
pExtinct(R=2,k=0.5)
[Package branchingprocess version 0.1.0 Index]