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Paolo Girardi1, Luca Greco2, Valentina Mameli3
1Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialisation University of Padua Padua 35121 Italy.
Abstract:
We discuss an approach of robust fitting on non-linear regression models, in both frequentist and Bayesian approaches, which can be employed to model and predict the contagion dynamics of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Italy. The focus is on the analysis of epidemic data using robust dose-response curves, but the functionality is applicable to arbitrary non-linear regression models.
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