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aedseo vs epiworldR
A side-by-side editorial comparison of aedseo and epiworldR — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Shared themes:epidemiologyr-package
aedseo vs epiworldR: at a glance
What is aedseo?
An epidemic-onset detector that now brackets the whole season, not just its start
aedseo is a Statens Serum Institut R package for automated early detection of seasonal epidemic onsets, built around growth-rate estimation over consecutive time intervals. The 1.0.0 line moved it well past its original scope: observations are now modelled as cases or population-adjusted incidence, multiple waves can be estimated in one pass, and disease-specific thresholds are computed by a dedicated function. Version 1.1.0 adds an estimate of when a season has ended after the first onset.
What is epiworldR?
epiworldR is a thin R shell whose releases track the C++ simulator underneath it
Almost every release here is a version bump of the underlying epiworld C++ library, wrapped and pushed to CRAN. The substantive R-side work is narrow and consistent: exposing simulation outputs that were already computed but not reachable from R — outbreak size, active cases, hospitalizations and their savers. The newest release addresses an AddressSanitizer finding, which is the kind of thing CRAN checks surface on a compiled package.
aedseo vs epiworldR: editorial side-by-side
aedseo
0.0ANALYTICS
An epidemic-onset detector that now brackets the whole season, not just its start
◆ Current state
aedseo is a Statens Serum Institut R package for automated early detection of seasonal epidemic onsets, built around growth-rate estimation over consecutive time intervals. The 1.0.0 line moved it well past its original scope: observations are now modelled as cases or population-adjusted incidence, multiple waves can be estimated in one pass, and disease-specific thresholds are computed by a dedicated function. Version 1.1.0 adds an estimate of when a season has ended after the first onset.
◆ Where it's heading
The arc runs from a single-purpose onset detector toward a full seasonal-surveillance toolkit. Each release since 1.0.0 has widened what the package can say about a season rather than improving how it says it: incidence denominators, background population, multi-wave detection, thresholds, and now season end. Fixes in between are narrow and numerical, such as confidence intervals under ATLAS BLAS.
◆ Prediction
The natural next step is symmetry with the onset machinery the package already has: turning the 1.1.0 seasonal offset into a first-class output alongside onset, with its own summary and plotting methods.
epiworldR
0.0ANALYTICS
epiworldR is a thin R shell whose releases track the C++ simulator underneath it
◆ Current state
Almost every release here is a version bump of the underlying epiworld C++ library, wrapped and pushed to CRAN. The substantive R-side work is narrow and consistent: exposing simulation outputs that were already computed but not reachable from R — outbreak size, active cases, hospitalizations and their savers. The newest release addresses an AddressSanitizer finding, which is the kind of thing CRAN checks surface on a compiled package.
◆ Where it's heading
The R package's job is staying current with the simulator and satisfying CRAN, not evolving its own interface. What direction it has shows in which model outputs get exposed next, and in a steady tidy-up of the build — the custom configure script was dropped in favour of R's built-in C++17 and OpenMP settings, and test coverage has been filled in across several releases with automated assistance.
◆ Prediction
Expect the next release to track another epiworld version bump, with any R-side addition most likely being one more exposed metric or saver, following the pattern of get_hospitalizations and get_outbreak_size.
Alternatives to aedseo and epiworldR
Other Analytics products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either aedseo or epiworldR.
epikit
epikit narrows to field-epidemiology helpers, handing proportions to a sibling package
SimInf
SimInf 10.0 turns an epidemic simulator into a tool that fits models to real time series
mutagen
A young package porting Stata's egen row-wise helpers to the tidyverse, one function per release
broman
A statistician's personal toolbox, growing one plotting utility at a time
qtl
R/qtl is in pure custodial mode: every recent release answers a compiler, not a user
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Recent activity from aedseo and epiworldR
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 4mo agoepiworldR0.14.0 addresses an AddressSanitizer finding
- 5mo agoepiworldRWrapper bumped to track a new epiworld version
- 5mo agoepiworldRBuild drops the custom configure script for R's C++17 and OpenMP settings
- 6mo agoepiworldRepiworld bumped to 0.11.2
- 6mo agoaedseocombined_seasonal_output() now estimates when a season ends
- 7mo agoepiworldRTests updated at CRAN's request
- 7mo agoepiworldRHospitalizations, outbreak size and active cases exposed to R
- 8mo agoaedseoFix growth-rate confidence intervals under ATLAS BLAS
- 9mo agoaedseoIncidence, population adjustment and multi-wave detection land in 1.0.0 ⚡
- 2y agoaedseoMaintainership transferred to Lasse Engbo Christiansen
- 2y agoaedseoepi_calendar() and richer autoplot displays
- 2y agoaedseoFirst CRAN release of the aeddo onset detector
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between aedseo and epiworldR?
Both compete on the same themes — epidemiology, r-package — within Analytics. aedseo and epiworldR are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 0.0 vs 0.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is aedseo better than epiworldR?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. aedseo and epiworldR are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 0.0 vs 0.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Analytics products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to aedseo?
Top aedseo alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "aedseo alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/aedseo-r for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to epiworldR?
Top epiworldR alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "epiworldR alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/epiworldr for the full list with editorial commentary on each.