Flags and checks occurrence data that are in Darwin Core format. The package includes generic functions and data as well as some that are specific to bees. This package is meant to build upon and be complimentary to other excellent occurrence cleaning packages, including bdc and CoordinateCleaner'. This package uses datasets from several sources and particularly from the Discover Life Website, created by Ascher and Pickering (2020). For further information, please see the original publication and package website. Publication - Dorey et al. (2023) <doi:10.1101/2023.06.30.547152> and package website - Dorey et al. (2023) <https://github.com/jbdorey/BeeBDC>.
An implementation in base R of the CHAID (Chi-squared Automatic Interaction Detection) decision tree algorithm of Kass (1980) <doi:10.2307/2986296> and the Exhaustive CHAID variant of Biggs, de Ville, and Suen (1991) <doi:10.1080/02664769100000005>, as specified in the IBM SPSS Statistics Algorithms documentation. Supports nominal, ordinal (with floating missing category), and continuous predictors, and nominal, ordinal, and continuous response variables using Pearson chi-squared, Goodman row-effects, and one-way ANOVA F tests respectively. Includes prediction, rule extraction, gains and lift analysis, validation on holdout data, and visualization via base graphics, Graphviz DOT, plotly', and conversion to partykit objects.
This package implements weighted estimation in Cox regression as proposed by Schemper, Wakounig and Heinze (Statistics in Medicine, 2009, <doi:10.1002/sim.3623>) and as described in Dunkler, Ploner, Schemper and Heinze (Journal of Statistical Software, 2018, <doi:10.18637/jss.v084.i02>). Weighted Cox regression provides unbiased average hazard ratio estimates also in case of non-proportional hazards. Approximated generalized concordance probability an effect size measure for clear-cut decisions can be obtained. The package provides options to estimate time-dependent effects conveniently by including interactions of covariates with arbitrary functions of time, with or without making use of the weighting option.
Processing tools to create emissions for use in numerical air quality models. Emissions can be calculated both using emission factors and activity data (Schuch et al 2018) <doi:10.21105/joss.00662> or using pollutant inventories (Schuch et al., 2018) <doi:10.30564/jasr.v1i1.347>. Functions to process individual point emissions, line emissions and area emissions of pollutants are available as well as methods to incorporate alternative data for Spatial distribution of emissions such as satellite images (Gavidia-Calderon et. al, 2018) <doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.09.026> or openstreetmap data (Andrade et al, 2015) <doi:10.3389/fenvs.2015.00009>.
This package provides methods for estimating parameter-dependent network centrality measures with linear-in-means models. Both non linear least squares and maximum likelihood estimators are implemented. The methods allow for both link and node heterogeneity in network effects, endogenous network formation and the presence of unconnected nodes. The routines also compare the explanatory power of parameter-dependent network centrality measures with those of standard measures of network centrality. Benefits and features of the econet package are illustrated using data from Battaglini and Patacchini (2018) and Battaglini, Patacchini, and Leone Sciabolazza (2020). For additional details, see the vignette <doi:10.18637/jss.v102.i08>.
Performing impulse-response function (IRF) analysis of relevant variables of agent-based simulation models, in particular for models described in LSD format. Based on the data produced by the simulation model, it performs both linear and state-dependent IRF analysis, providing the tools required by the Counterfactual Monte Carlo (CMC) methodology (Amendola and Pereira (2024) <doi:10.1016/j.jebo.2024.106811>), including state identification and sensitivity. CMC proposes retrieving the causal effect of shocks by exploiting the opportunity to directly observe the counterfactual in a fully controlled experimental setup. LSD (Laboratory for Simulation Development) is free software available at <https://www.labsimdev.org/>).
This package provides functions of marginal mean and quantile regression models are used to analyze environmental exposure and biomonitoring data with repeated measurements and non-detects (i.e., values below the limit of detection (LOD)), as well as longitudinal exposure data that include non-detects and time-dependent covariates. For more details see Chen IC, Bertke SJ, Curwin BD (2021) <doi:10.1038/s41370-021-00345-1>, Chen IC, Bertke SJ, Estill CF (2024) <doi:10.1038/s41370-024-00640-7>, Chen IC, Bertke SJ, Dahm MM (2024) <doi:10.1093/annweh/wxae068>, and Chen IC (2025) <doi:10.1038/s41370-025-00752-8>.
Fits Bayesian regularized varying coefficient models with the Nonparametric Varying Coefficient Spike-and-Slab Lasso (NVC-SSL) introduced by Bai et al. (2023) <https://jmlr.org/papers/volume24/20-1437/20-1437.pdf>. Functions to fit frequentist penalized varying coefficients are also provided, with the option of employing the group lasso penalty of Yuan and Lin (2006) <doi:10.1111/j.1467-9868.2005.00532.x>, the group minimax concave penalty (MCP) of Breheny and Huang <doi:10.1007/s11222-013-9424-2>, or the group smoothly clipped absolute deviation (SCAD) penalty of Breheny and Huang (2015) <doi:10.1007/s11222-013-9424-2>.
Estimation of robust estimators for multi-group and spatial data including the casewise robust Spatially Smoothed Minimum Regularized Determinant (ssMRCD) estimator and its usage for local outlier detection as described in Puchhammer and Filzmoser (2023) <doi:10.1080/10618600.2023.2277875> as well as for sparse robust PCA for multi-source data described in Puchhammer, Wilms and Filzmoser (2024) <doi:10.48550/arXiv.2407.16299>. Moreover, a cellwise robust multi-group Gaussian mixture model (MG-GMM) is implemented as described in Puchhammer, Wilms and Filzmoser (2024) <doi:10.48550/arXiv.2504.02547>. Included are also complementary visualization and parameter tuning tools.
Parses TOML (Tom's Obvious Minimal Language) documents, versions 1.0.0 and 1.1.0 <https://toml.io/en/v1.1.0>, into ordinary R values, and writes R values as TOML'. Every TOML type maps to one R type, including the four date and time types, and strings are never reinterpreted. Invalid documents are refused with the line and column at fault, under configurable size, depth, item and string limits, and output is deterministic. Both directions pass the toml-test conformance suite <https://github.com/toml-lang/toml-test>. The parser and writer are written in C, with no system library required.
AUCell identifies cells with active gene sets (e.g. signatures, gene modules, etc) in single-cell RNA-seq data. AUCell uses the Area Under the Curve (AUC) to calculate whether a critical subset of the input gene set is enriched within the expressed genes for each cell. The distribution of AUC scores across all the cells allows exploring the relative expression of the signature. Since the scoring method is ranking-based, AUCell is independent of the gene expression units and the normalization procedure. In addition, since the cells are evaluated individually, it can easily be applied to bigger datasets, subsetting the expression matrix if needed.
Tool to assessing whether the results of a study could be influenced by collinearity. Simulations under a given hypothesized truth regarding effects of an exposure on the outcome are used and the resulting curves of lagged effects are visualized. A user's manual is provided, which includes detailed examples (e.g. a cohort study looking for windows of vulnerability to air pollution, a time series study examining the linear association of air pollution with hospital admissions, and a time series study examining the non-linear association between temperature and mortality). The methods are described in Basagana and Barrera-Gomez (2021) <doi:10.1093/ije/dyab179>.
Composite likelihood parameter estimate and asymptotic covariance matrix are calculated for the spatial ordinal data with replications, where spatial ordinal response with covariate and both spatial exponential covariance within subject and independent and identically distributed measurement error. Parameter estimation can be performed by either solving the gradient function or maximizing composite log-likelihood. Parametric bootstrapping is used to estimate the Godambe information matrix and hence the asymptotic standard error and covariance matrix with parallel processing option. Moreover, the proposed surrogate residual, which extends the results of Liu and Zhang (2017) <doi: 10.1080/01621459.2017.1292915>, can act as a useful tool for model diagnostics.
This package provides a novel statistical model to detect the joint genetic and dynamic gene-environment (GxE) interaction with continuous traits in genetic association studies. It uses varying-coefficient models to account for different GxE trajectories, regardless whether the relationship is linear or not. The package includes one function, GxEtest(), to test a single genetic variant (e.g., a single nucleotide polymorphism or SNP), and another function, GxEscreen(), to test for a set of genetic variants. The method involves a likelihood ratio test described in Crainiceanu, C. M., and Ruppert, D. (2004) <doi:10.1111/j.1467-9868.2004.00438.x>.
This package provides a method for identifying responses to experimental stimulation in mass or flow cytometry that uses high dimensional analysis of measured parameters and can be performed with an end-to-end unsupervised approach. In the context of in vitro stimulation assays where high-parameter cytometry was used to monitor intracellular response markers, using cell populations annotated either through automated clustering or manual gating for a combined set of stimulated and unstimulated samples, HDStIM labels cells as responding or non-responding. The package also provides auxiliary functions to rank intracellular markers based on their contribution to identifying responses and generating diagnostic plots.
Data sets on various litter types like beach litter, riverain litter, floating litter, and seafloor litter are rapidly growing. This package offers a simple user interface to analyse these litter data in a consistent and reproducible way. It also provides functions to facilitate several kinds of litter analysis, e.g., trend analysis, power analysis, and baseline analysis. Under the hood, these functions are also used by the user interface. See Schulz et al. (2019) <doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2019.02.030> for details. MS-Windows users are advised to run litteR in RStudio'. See our vignette: Installation manual for RStudio and litteR'.
This package contains functions for mapping odds ratios, hazard ratios, or other effect estimates using individual-level data such as case-control study data, using generalized additive models (GAMs) or Cox models for smoothing with a two-dimensional predictor (e.g., geolocation or exposure to chemical mixtures) while adjusting linearly for confounding variables, using methods described by Kelsall and Diggle (1998), Webster at al. (2006), and Bai et al. (2020). Includes convenient functions for mapping point estimates and confidence intervals, efficient control sampling, and permutation tests for the null hypothesis that the two-dimensional predictor is not associated with the outcome variable (adjusting for confounders).
Enables computation of epidemiological statistics, including those where counts or mortality rates of the reference population are used. Currently supported: excess hazard models (Dickman, Sloggett, Hills, and Hakulinen (2012) <doi:10.1002/sim.1597>), rates, mean survival times, relative/net survival (in particular the Ederer II (Ederer and Heise (1959)) and Pohar Perme (Pohar Perme, Stare, and Esteve (2012) <doi:10.1111/j.1541-0420.2011.01640.x>) estimators), and standardized incidence and mortality ratios, all of which can be easily adjusted for by covariates such as age. Fast splitting and aggregation of Lexis objects (from package Epi') and other computations achieved using data.table'.
Improves genotype inference and downstream Adaptive Immune Receptor Repertoire Sequence data analysis. Inference of allele similarity clusters, an alternative naming scheme and genotype inference for immunoglobulin heavy chain repertoires. The main tools are allele similarity clusters, and allele based genotype. The first tool is designed to reduce the ambiguity within the immunoglobulin heavy chain V alleles. The ambiguity is caused by duplicated or similar alleles which are shared among different genes. The second tool is an allele based genotype, that determined the presence of an allele based on a threshold derived from a naive population. See Peres et al. (2023) <doi:10.1093/nar/gkad603>.
Interface to the sTiles framework for tile-based sparse Cholesky factorization: log-determinants, selected inverse (marginal variances) and triangular solves, with symbolic reuse so that repeated factorization of matrices sharing one sparsity pattern pays the ordering cost only once, as in a hyperparameter sweep. The compiled glue in this package resolves its symbols at run time against the sTiles solver library ('libstiles'), which is a separate component distributed under its own terms and is not part of this package. Install it once with sTiles_install_library()', or point the package at a copy you already have with the STILES_LIB environment variable.
The Model Disability Survey (MDS) <https://www.who.int/activities/collection-of-data-on-disability> is a World Health Organization (WHO) general population survey instrument to assess the distribution of disability within a country or region, grounded in the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health <https://www.who.int/standards/classifications/international-classification-of-functioning-disability-and-health>. This package provides fit-for-purpose functions for calculating and presenting the results from this survey, as used by the WHO. The package primarily provides functions for implementing Rasch Analysis (see Andrich (2011) <doi:10.1586/erp.11.59>) to calculate a metric scale for disability.
An implementation of z-curves - a method for estimating expected discovery and replicability rates on the bases of test-statistics of published studies. The package provides functions for fitting the density, EM, and censored EM version (Bartoš & Schimmack, 2022, <doi:10.15626/MP.2021.2720>; Schimmack & Bartoš, 2023, <doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0290084>), as well as the original density z-curve (Brunner & Schimmack, 2020, <doi:10.15626/MP.2018.874>). Furthermore, the package provides summarizing and plotting functions for the fitted z-curve objects. See the aforementioned articles for more information about the z-curves, expected discovery and replicability rates, validation studies, and limitations.
This package implements `import()` and `export()` standard generics for importing and exporting biological data formats. `import()` supports whole-file as well as chunk-wise iterative import. The `import()` interface optionally provides a standard mechanism for 'lazy' access via `filter()` (on row or element-like components of the file resource), `select()` (on column-like components of the file resource) and `collect()`. The `import()` interface optionally provides transparent access to remote (e.g. via https) as well as local access. Developers can register a file extension, e.g., `.loom` for dispatch from character-based URIs to specific `import()` / `export()` methods based on classes representing file types, e.g., `LoomFile()`.
This package provides functions for behavior genetics analysis, including variance component model identification [Hunter et al. (2021) <doi:10.1007/s10519-021-10055-x>], calculation of relatedness coefficients using path-tracing methods [Wright (1922) <doi:10.1086/279872>; McArdle & McDonald (1984) <doi:10.1111/j.2044-8317.1984.tb00802.x>], inference of relatedness, pedigree conversion, and simulation of multi-generational family data [Lyu et al. (2025) <doi:10.1007/s10519-025-10225-1>]. For a full overview, see [Garrison et al. (2024) <doi:10.21105/joss.06203>]. For a big data application see [Burt et al. (2025) <doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2025.105911>.