CANMOD Wrapup Meeting Workshop

https://workshops.birs.ca/events/23w5151

• 1 hr to motivate macpan and present an introduction
• 3 hrs for participants to respond to a modelling request from the tabletop exercise using macpan2

macpan2 workshop goals

Steve:

• motivate and advertise macpan2 as a modelling software
  • why is this better than what people already use or just learning TMB yourself?
  • advanced examples that show macpan's power (e.g. kevin's work)

Irena:

• basic use: finding existing models and simulate from them
• demo: how to modify an existing macpan2 model (e.g. add a compartment like $I_a$ and $I_s$, adjust the force of infection)
• demo: calibrate a model to "real" data
• demo: forecast ensemble

Plan

• Irena:
  • get a minimum viable product via the quickstart guide + calibration + forecast ensemble by updating this vignette
  • keep only first four columns of the flows.csv file for simplicity
• Steve:
  • make synonyms for partition columns in flows.csv that are linked to the action (e.g. from_filter_on, from_to_join_by)
  • a scheme/diagram of how the software works to make sense of the model defintion files
  • hash out model canning using/inspired by the framework in EPACmodel to potentially make it easier for users to jump into models and customizing their own