mova {EVI}

Function that calculates the moving average of a time series

Description

Calculates the moving average for a time series.

Usage

mova(cases, r_a = 7)

Arguments

cases

the time series of the newly observed cases per unit of time (ideally per day).

r_a

The window size for the moving average that will be analyzed. If set to 1 the actual observations are analyzed. However, due to the variability of the reported cases between working days and weekends it is recommended that the 7-day moving average is analyzed (i.e. r_a = 7), which is the default for this argument. Users could prefer a longer interval of 14 days or one month (i.e., r_a=14 or 30, respectively).

Examples

data("Italy")
mova(cases=Italy$Cases, r_a=7)
mova(cases=Italy$Cases, r_a=14)