A framework for counterfactual analysis, strategy evaluation, and control of epidemics using reproduction number estimates

• Baike She ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: shebaike@gmail.com (BS); philpare@purdue.edu (PEP)

  Affiliation School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1504-1967

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• Rebecca Lee Smith,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8343-794X

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• Ian Pytlarz,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institutional Data Analytics + Assessment, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

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• Shreyas Sundaram,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5390-2505

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• Philip E. Paré

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: shebaike@gmail.com (BS); philpare@purdue.edu (PEP)

  Affiliation Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4095-7320

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