ARTnetDatais now a suggested package and exampleEpiStatsandNetstatsare provided. This allows experimenting withEpiModelHIVwithout being part of the EpiModel organisation.
- Modify the order of the
race.propargument tobuild_netstats. The new order is: "Black, Hispanic, and White/Other" to be consistent with the rest of ARTnet and EpiModelHIV. (Previously, "White/Other" was first).
- ARTnet now allows for specifying an age range that spans outside the range of the age eligibility criteria of ARTnet itself. For example, it may be desired to have a population ranging from age 15 to 100 represented in the epidemic model but only to model sexual activity within 15 to 65 year olds (corresponding to ARTnet eligibility). This approach is motivated by cost-effectiveness analysis models that require tracking demographics through natural mortality rather than the age of sexual cessation. Examples are provided in the documentation of
build_epistats,build_netparams, andbuild_netstats. - There is related flexibility in passing in the age distribution structure in
build_netstats. This allows passing in different starting age distributions necessary for the TERGM model fitting.
- Default age-specific mortality rates from 2020 census are now included. Also provided is a general updating function,
update_asmrto allow passing in other mortality rate data. See the help page for details and examples.
- Primary update is handling of geographical stratification to allow for multiple jurisdictions to be used (see #40), contributed by @sgoodreau.
- Major cosmetic clean-up of scripts.
- Adds a new
time.unitparameter tobuild_epistatsthat allows for rescaling of time units from 1 (days) to 30 (months), instead of everything hard coded as weeks. - Fixes error in casual duration estimates.
- Further revision to ARTnet workflow to include age stratification as well as compatibility with revisions to EpiModelHIV.
- Revised workflow and parameterization based on expanded geographic/racial parameterizations.
- Initial package publication.