Convert an epinowcast object to a forecast_sample object — as_forecast

This function is used to convert an epinowcast as returned by epinowcast() object to a forecast_sample object which can be used for scoring using the scoringutils package.

Usage

# S3 method for class 'epinowcast'
as_forecast_sample(data, latest_obs, ...)

Arguments

data: An epinowcast nowcast object as returned by epinowcast().
latest_obs: Latest observations to use for the true values must contain confirm and observed variables.
...: Additional arguments passed to scoringutils::as_forecast_sample()

Value

A forecast_sample object as returned by scoringutils::as_forecast_sample()

Examples

if (FALSE) { # interactive()
library(scoringutils)

nowcast <- enw_example("nowcast")
latest_obs <- enw_example("observations")
as_forecast_sample(nowcast, latest_obs)
}