Estimates DNA target concentration by classifying digital PCR (polymerase chain reaction) droplets as positive, negative, or rain, using Expectation-Maximization Clustering. The fitting is accomplished using the EMMIXskew R package (v. 1.0.3) by Kui Wang, Angus Ng, and Geoff McLachlan (2018) as based on their paper "Multivariate Skew t Mixture Models: Applications to Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting Data" <doi:10.1109/DICTA.2009.88>.

An R API providing access to a relational database with macroeconomic time series data for South Africa, obtained from the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) and Statistics South Africa (STATSSA), and updated on a weekly basis via the EconData <https://www.econdata.co.za/> platform and automated scraping of the SARB and STATSSA websites. The database is maintained at the Department of Economics at Stellenbosch University.

Estimation of the Spatially Smoothed Minimum Regularized Determinant (ssMRCD) estimator and its usage in an ssMRCD-based outlier detection method as described in Puchhammer and Filzmoser (2023) <doi:10.1080/10618600.2023.2277875> and for sparse robust PCA for multi-source data described in Puchhammer, Wilms and Filzmoser (2024) <doi:10.48550/arXiv.2407.16299>. Included are also complementary visualization and parameter tuning tools.

Identifies what optimal subset of a desired number of items should be retained in a short version of a psychometric instrument to assess the â broadestâ proportion of the construct-level content of the set of items included in the original version of the said psychometric instrument. Expects a symmetric adjacency matrix as input (undirected weighted network model). Supports brute force and simulated annealing combinatorial search algorithms.

Estimation of group-based trajectory models, including finite mixture models for longitudinal data, supporting censored normal, zero-inflated Poisson, logit, and beta distributions, using expectation-maximization and quasi-Newton methods, with tools for model selection, diagnostics, and visualization of latent trajectory groups, <doi:10.4159/9780674041318>, Nagin, D. (2005). Group-Based Modeling of Development. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. and Noel (2022), <https://orbilu.uni.lu/>, thesis.

This package provides low-level access to GDAL functionality. GDAL is the Geospatial Data Abstraction Library a translator for raster and vector geospatial data formats that presents a single raster abstract data model and single vector abstract data model to the calling application for all supported formats <https://gdal.org/>. This package is focussed on providing exactly and only what GDAL does, to enable developing further tools.

DegCre generates associations between differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and cis-regulatory elements (CREs) based on non-parametric concordance between differential data. The user provides GRanges of DEG TSS and CRE regions with differential p-value and optionally log-fold changes and DegCre returns an annotated Hits object with associations and their calculated probabilities. Additionally, the package provides functionality for visualization and conversion to other formats.

The package girafe deals with the genome-level representation of aligned reads from next-generation sequencing data. It contains an object class for enabling a detailed description of genome intervals with aligned reads and functions for comparing, visualising, exporting and working with such intervals and the aligned reads. As such, the package interacts with and provides a link between the packages ShortRead, IRanges and genomeIntervals.

Threshold regression models are also called two-phase regression, broken-stick regression, split-point regression, structural change models, and regression kink models, with and without interaction terms. Methods for both continuous and discontinuous threshold models are included, but the support for the former is much greater. This package is described in Fong, Huang, Gilbert and Permar (2017) <DOI:10.1186/s12859-017-1863-x> and the package vignette.

Conditional distance correlation <doi:10.1080/01621459.2014.993081> is a novel conditional dependence measurement of two multivariate random variables given a confounding variable. This package provides conditional distance correlation, performs the conditional distance correlation sure independence screening procedure for ultrahigh dimensional data <https://www3.stat.sinica.edu.tw/statistica/J28N1/J28N114/J28N114.html>, and conducts conditional distance covariance test for conditional independence assumption of two multivariate variable.

This package provides a Kriging method for functional datasets with spatial dependency. This functional Kriging method avoids the need to estimate the trace-variogram, and the curve is estimated by minimizing a quadratic form. The curves in the functional dataset are smoothed using Fourier series. The functional Kriging of this package is a modification of the method proposed by Giraldo (2011) <doi:10.1007/s10651-010-0143-y>.

This package provides a variety of functions to analyze and model geostatistical count data with Gaussian copulas, including 1) data simulation and visualization; 2) correlation structure assessment (here also known as the Normal To Anything); 3) calculate multivariate normal rectangle probabilities; 4) likelihood inference and parallel prediction at predictive locations. Description of the method is available from: Han and DeOliveira (2018) <doi:10.18637/jss.v087.i13>.

R function gawdis() produces multi-trait dissimilarity with more uniform contributions of different traits. de Bello et al. (2021) <doi:10.1111/2041-210X.13537> presented the approach based on minimizing the differences in the correlation between the dissimilarity of each trait, or groups of traits, and the multi-trait dissimilarity. This is done using either an analytic or a numerical solution, both available in the function.

This package provides a grammar of graphics approach for visualizing summary statistics from multiple Genome-wide Association Studies (GWAS). It offers geneticists, bioinformaticians, and researchers a powerful yet flexible tool for illustrating complex genetic associations using data from various GWAS datasets. The visualizations can be extensively customized, facilitating detailed comparative analysis across different genetic studies. Reference: Uffelmann, E. et al. (2021) <doi:10.1038/s43586-021-00056-9>.

This package provides tools for assessing and diagnosing convergence of Markov Chain Monte Carlo simulations, as well as for graphically display results from full MCMC analysis. The package also facilitates the graphical interpretation of models by providing flexible functions to plot the results against observed variables, and functions to work with hierarchical/multilevel batches of parameters (Fernández-i-Marà n, 2016 <doi:10.18637/jss.v070.i09>).

The IntCal20 radiocarbon calibration curves (Reimer et al. 2020 <doi:10.1017/RDC.2020.68>) are provided here in a single data package, together with previous IntCal curves (IntCal13, IntCal09, IntCal04, IntCal98) and postbomb curves. Also provided are functions to copy the curves into memory, and to plot the curves and their underlying data, as well as functions to calibrate radiocarbon dates.

This package provides a set of functions to run simple and composite box-models to describe the dynamic or static distribution of stable isotopes in open or closed systems. The package also allows the sweeping of many parameters in both static and dynamic conditions. The mathematical models used in this package are derived from Albarede, 1995, Introduction to Geochemical Modelling, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge <doi:10.1017/CBO9780511622960>.

This package provides a collection of tools for interactive manipulation of (spatial) data layers on leaflet web maps. Tools include editing of existing layers, creation of new layers through drawing of shapes (points, lines, polygons), deletion of shapes as well as cutting holes into existing shapes. Provides control over options to e.g. prevent self-intersection of polygons and lines or to enable/disable snapping to align shapes.

This package provides functions that allow for convenient working with vector space models of semantics/distributional semantic models/word embeddings. Originally built for LSA models (hence the name), but can be used for all such vector-based models. For actually building a vector semantic space, use the package lsa or other specialized software. Downloadable semantic spaces can be found at <https://sites.google.com/site/fritzgntr/software-resources>.

This package provides a lasso-based method for building mechanistic models using the SAMBA algorithm (Stochastic Approximation for Model Building Algorithm) (M Prague, M Lavielle (2022) <doi:10.1002/psp4.12742>). The package extends the Rsmlx package (version 2024.1.0) to better handle high-dimensional data. It relies on the Monolix software (version 2024R1; see (<https://monolixsuite.slp-software.com/monolix/2024R1/>), which must be installed beforehand.

Estimate genetic linkage maps for markers on a single chromosome (or in a single linkage group) from pairwise recombination fractions or intermarker distances using weighted metric multidimensional scaling. The methods are suitable for autotetraploid as well as diploid populations. Options for assessing the fit to a known map are also provided. Methods are discussed in detail in Preedy and Hackett (2016) <doi:10.1007/s00122-016-2761-8>.

Estimate Multidimensional Poverty Indices disaggregated by population subgroups based on the Alkire and Foster method (2011) <doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2010.11.006>. This includes the calculation of standard errors and confidence intervals. Other partial indices such as incidence, intensity and indicator-specific measures as well as intertemporal changes analysis can also be estimated. The standard errors and confidence intervals are calculated considering the complex survey design.

This package provides a collection of functions for modelling mutations in pedigrees with marker data, as used e.g. in likelihood computations with microsatellite data. Implemented models include equal, proportional and stepwise models, as well as random models for experimental work, and custom models allowing the user to apply any valid mutation matrix. Allele lumping is done following the lumpability criteria of Kemeny and Snell (1976), ISBN:0387901922.

Basic functions to fit and predict periodic autoregressive time series models. These models are discussed in the book P.H. Franses (1996) "Periodicity and Stochastic Trends in Economic Time Series", Oxford University Press. Data set analyzed in that book is also provided. NOTE: the package was orphaned during several years. It is now only maintained, but no major enhancements are expected, and the maintainer cannot provide any support.