From f0d4dedf0a7e1d3f9b2a6967618ab29f8e057a36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lucie Contamin Date: Tue, 17 May 2022 12:47:52 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] add target inc inf description --- data-processed/README.md | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/data-processed/README.md b/data-processed/README.md index 46885c41..c061054e 100644 --- a/data-processed/README.md +++ b/data-processed/README.md @@ -219,6 +219,17 @@ reported on the Saturday of a given epiweek. Predictions for this target will be evaluated compared to the cumulative of the number of new hospitalized cases, as reported by the HHS and distributed by the [COVIDcast Epidata API](https://cmu-delphi.github.io/delphi-epidata/api/covidcast-signals/hhs.html). +#### N wk ahead inc inf + +This target is the number of incident (weekly) infections predicted by the model during the week +that is N weeks after `model_projection_date`. + +A week-ahead scenario should represent the total number of new infections +occurring within a given epiweek (from Sunday through Saturday, inclusive). + +Projections of infections will be used to compare outputs between models but will not +be evaluated against observations. +Projections of infections are optional. ### `target_end_date`