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Using generate_ngm with a transition matrix that uses age breaks of 80+ results in a strange break #200

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@njtierney

We may have hard coded something in here based upon example data, see reprex below:

library(conmat)
perth <- abs_age_lga("Perth (C)")
perth_hh <- get_abs_per_capita_household_size(lga = "Perth (C)")

age_breaks_0_80_plus <- c(seq(0, 80, by = 5), Inf)
age_breaks_0_75_plus <- c(seq(0, 75, by = 5), Inf)

perth_contact <- extrapolate_polymod(
  perth,
  per_capita_household_size = perth_hh
)

perth_ngm <- generate_ngm(
  perth_contact,
  age_breaks = age_breaks_0_75_plus,
  R_target = 1.5
)


# using our own transmission matrix
new_transmission_matrix <- get_setting_transmission_matrices(
  age_breaks = age_breaks_0_75_plus,
  # is normally 0.5
  asymptomatic_relative_infectiousness = 0.75
)

set_trans_mat_80_plus <- get_setting_transmission_matrices(
  age_breaks = age_breaks_0_80_plus,
  # is normally 0.5
  asymptomatic_relative_infectiousness = 0.75
)

perth_ngm_0_80_new_tmat <- generate_ngm(
  perth_contact,
  age_breaks = age_breaks_0_80_plus,
  R_target = 1.5,
  setting_transmission_matrix = set_trans_mat_80_plus
)
#> Error in `check_age_breaks()` at conmat/R/generate-ngm.R:135:3:
#> ! Age breaks must be the same, but they are different:
#>          `x[14:17]`: 65 70 75 Inf    
#> `age_breaks[14:18]`: 65 70 75  80 Inf
#> ℹ You can check the age breaks using `age_breaks(<object>)`

Created on 2025-11-28 with reprex v2.1.1

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