From 33982803d8144add1bcf318220c2835e872da716 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Azam Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2024 15:15:32 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add missing NEWS item --- NEWS.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md index 59c93fc08..9b9885889 100644 --- a/NEWS.md +++ b/NEWS.md @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ ## Model changes -* Updated the parameterisation of the dispersion term `phi` to be `phi = 1 / sqrt_phi ^ 2` rather than the previous parameterisation `phi = 1 / sqrt(sqrt_phi)` based on the suggested prior [here](https://github.com/stan-dev/stan/wiki/Prior-Choice-Recommendations#story-when-the-generic-prior-fails-the-case-of-the-negative-binomial) and the performance benefits seen in the `epinowcast` package (see [here](https://github.com/epinowcast/epinowcast/blob/8eff560d1fd8305f5fb26c21324b2bfca1f002b4/inst/stan/epinowcast.stan#L314)). By @seabbs in # and reviewed by @sbfnk. +* Updated the parameterisation of the dispersion term `phi` to be `phi = 1 / sqrt_phi ^ 2` rather than the previous parameterisation `phi = 1 / sqrt(sqrt_phi)` based on the suggested prior [here](https://github.com/stan-dev/stan/wiki/Prior-Choice-Recommendations#story-when-the-generic-prior-fails-the-case-of-the-negative-binomial) and the performance benefits seen in the `epinowcast` package (see [here](https://github.com/epinowcast/epinowcast/blob/8eff560d1fd8305f5fb26c21324b2bfca1f002b4/inst/stan/epinowcast.stan#L314)). By @seabbs in #487 and reviewed by @sbfnk. * Added an `na` argument to `obs_opts()` that allows the user to specify whether NA values in the data should be interpreted as missing or accumulated in the next non-NA data point. By @sbfnk in #534 and reviewed by @seabbs. # EpiNow2 1.4.0