team_name: Statgroup19
model_name: richards
model_abbr: Statgroup19-richards
model_contributors:
  - name: Pierfrancesco Alaimo Di Loro
    affiliation: University of Rome "La Sapienza"
    email: pierfrancesco.alaimodiloro@uniroma1.it
  - name: Fabio Divino
  - name: Alessio Farcomeni
  - name: Giovanna Jona Lasinio
  - name: Antonello Maruotti
  - name: Marco Mingione
    affiliation: University of Rome "La Sapienza"
    email: marco.mingione@uniroma1.it
  - name: Gianfranco Lovison
website_url: https://statgroup19.shinyapps.io/Covid19App/
license: cc-by-4.0
team_model_designation: primary
methods: Richards' curve based generalized growth model
data_inputs: Github repository of Italian Civil Protection
citation: https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.9004