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Table 3 Agreement of epidemic characteristic parameters determined by the ETM and MCM using different n and h

From: A maximum curvature method for estimating epidemic onset of seasonal influenza in Japan

Parameters

Onset

End

Duration

n = 3

n = 5

n = 7

n = 3

n = 5

n = 7

n = 3

n = 5

n = 7

h = 4.0

0.43a

0.81

0.82

0.20

0.19

0.14

0.17

0.29

0.27

h = 6.0

0.41

0.81

0.80

0.13

0.16

0.13

0.10

0.24

0.24

h = 8.0

0.41

0.81

0.80

0.11

0.10

0.08

0.09

0.18

0.18

h = 10.0

0.35

0.71

0.68

0.10

0.11

0.08

0.07

0.14

0.15

  1. aThe coefficient of determination (R2) of linear regression model used for comparison is reported