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A data set with predictions for COVID-19 cases and deaths submitted to the European Forecast Hub. This data set is like the quantile example data, only that the median has been replaced by a point forecast.

Usage

example_point

Format

A data frame with

location

the country for which a prediction was made

target_end_date

the date for which a prediction was made

target_type

the target to be predicted (cases or deaths)

true_value

true observed values

location_name

name of the country for which a prediction was made

forecast_date

the date on which a prediction was made

quantile

quantile of the corresponding prediction

prediction

predicted value

model

name of the model that generated the forecasts

horizon

forecast horizon in weeks

Details

The data was created using the script create-example-data.R in the inst/ folder (or the top level folder in a compiled package).