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diff --git a/datasets/measles/README.md b/datasets/measles/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..332373c --- /dev/null +++ b/datasets/measles/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +# Weekly Measles Case Reports England & Wales + +This data is available from [prof. Ben Bolker's +webpage](https://ms.mcmaster.ca/~bolker/measdata.html). + +The original file is ``ewmeas.dat``. + +For the data format, see: +[https://ms.mcmaster.ca/~bolker/measdata/formats.html](https://ms.mcmaster.ca/~bolker/measdata/formats.html). + +The time difference between observations is not exactly constant, but for the +annotation we will consider it as such. Detection algorithms that can take a +specific time axis should be provided with the true axis. + +While this data is provided "as is", it is not clearly licensed for +redistribution. We therefore download it locally instead of distributing it +with this repository. + + |