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Apr 10, 2020 • 13 tweets • 6 min read
I did some mathematical analysis of the IMHE model. EVEN IF we assume deaths are normally distributed, this model has some serious numerical stability problems. #Mathematics#COVIDー19
With a (relatively low) 500 points generated N(0,10), the best-fit sigmoid for the data we do have varies wildly during the early phase of an epidemic. No wonder the estimate is jumping so much day-by-day! #mathematics