team_name: DirkBeckmann
model_name: Gompertz
model_abbr: DirkBeckmann-Gompertz
model_contributors:
  - name: Dr. Dirk Beckmann
    email: dbeckm@gmx.de
website_url: https://github.com/HoddleHH
license: cc-by-4.0
team_model_designation: primary
methods: gompertz model
methods_long: This model uses the Gompertz function in combination with some kind
  of "clever parameter adjustment" to already existing data for a covid infection
  wave. The model focuses currently on infection cases, but could easily be extended
  to other data like hospitalization or death cases. Based on the initial period of
  a Covid wave, the model provides a prediction for the expected maximum in terms
  of highest value and point of time. This approach delivered already excellent results
  for Germany last March & April when many forcasts reported in German media were
  extrtemely far from later actual values.