Efficient sampling for Gaussian linear regression with arbitrary priors, Hahn, He and Lopes (2018) <doi:10.48550/arXiv.1806.05738>.

This package provides the design of multi-group phase II clinical trials with binary outcomes using the hierarchical Bayesian classification and information sharing (BaCIS) model. Subgroups are classified into two clusters on the basis of their outcomes mimicking the hypothesis testing framework. Subsequently, information sharing takes place within subgroups in the same cluster, rather than across all subgroups. This method can be applied to the design and analysis of multi-group clinical trials with binary outcomes. Reference: Nan Chen and J. Jack Lee (2019) <doi:10.1002/bimj.201700275>.

When samples contain missing data, are small, or are suspected of bias, estimation of scale reliability may not be trustworthy. A recommended solution for this common problem has been Bayesian model estimation. Bayesian methods rely on user specified information from historical data or researcher intuition to more accurately estimate the parameters. This package provides a user friendly interface for estimating test reliability. Here, reliability is modeled as a beta distributed random variable with shape parameters alpha=true score variance and beta=error variance (Tanzer & Harlow, 2020) <doi:10.1080/00273171.2020.1854082>.

This package implements functions to update Bayesian Predictive Power Computations after not stopping a clinical trial at an interim analysis. Such an interim analysis can either be blinded or unblinded. Code is provided for Normally distributed endpoints with known variance, with a prominent example being the hazard ratio.

This package implements methods for building and analyzing models based on panel data as described in the paper by Moral-Benito (2013, <doi:10.1080/07350015.2013.818003>). The package provides functions to estimate dynamic panel data models and analyze the results of the estimation.

Specify and fit the Bradley-Terry model, including structured versions in which the parameters are related to explanatory variables through a linear predictor and versions with contest-specific effects, such as a home advantage.

The Philippines frequently experiences tropical cyclones (called bagyo in the Filipino language) because of its geographical position. These cyclones typically bring heavy rainfall, leading to widespread flooding, as well as strong winds that cause significant damage to human life, crops, and property. Data on cyclones are collected and curated by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration or PAGASA and made available through its website <https://bagong.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/tropical-cyclone/publications/annual-report>. This package contains Philippine tropical cyclones data in a machine-readable format. It is hoped that this data package provides an interesting and unique dataset for data exploration and visualisation.

The goal of blocking is to provide blocking methods for record linkage and deduplication using approximate nearest neighbour (ANN) algorithms and graph techniques. It supports multiple ANN implementations via rnndescent', RcppHNSW', RcppAnnoy', and mlpack packages, and provides integration with the reclin2 package. The package generates shingles from character strings and similarity vectors for record comparison, and includes evaluation metrics for assessing blocking performance including false positive rate (FPR) and false negative rate (FNR) estimates. For details see: Papadakis et al. (2020) <doi:10.1145/3377455>, Steorts et al. (2014) <doi:10.1007/978-3-319-11257-2_20>, Dasylva and Goussanou (2021) <https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/catalogue/12-001-X202100200002>, Dasylva and Goussanou (2022) <doi:10.1007/s42081-022-00153-3>.

Bayesian Additive Regression Kernels (BARK) provides an implementation for non-parametric function estimation using Levy Random Field priors for functions that may be represented as a sum of additive multivariate kernels. Kernels are located at every data point as in Support Vector Machines, however, coefficients may be heavily shrunk to zero under the Cauchy process prior, or even, set to zero. The number of active features is controlled by priors on precision parameters within the kernels, permitting feature selection. For more details see Ouyang, Z (2008) "Bayesian Additive Regression Kernels", Duke University. PhD dissertation, Chapter 3 and Wolpert, R. L, Clyde, M.A, and Tu, C. (2011) "Stochastic Expansions with Continuous Dictionaries Levy Adaptive Regression Kernels, Annals of Statistics Vol (39) pages 1916-1962 <doi:10.1214/11-AOS889>.

Prognostic Enrichment is a strategy of enriching a clinical trial for testing an intervention intended to prevent or delay an unwanted clinical event. A prognostically enriched trial enrolls only patients who are more likely to experience the unwanted clinical event than the broader patient population (R. Temple (2010) <doi:10.1038/clpt.2010.233>). By testing the intervention in an enriched study population, the trial may be adequately powered with a smaller sample size, which can have both practical and ethical advantages. This package provides tools to evaluate biomarkers for prognostic enrichment of clinical trials with survival/time-to-event outcomes.

Simulation, estimation and forecasting of first-order Beta-Skew-t-EGARCH models with leverage (one-component, two-component, skewed versions).

Producing probabilistic projections of net migration rate for all countries of the world or for subnational units using a Bayesian hierarchical model by Azose an Raftery (2015) <doi:10.1007/s13524-015-0415-0>.

Interface to Local Data Bank ('Bank Danych Lokalnych - bdl') API <https://api.stat.gov.pl/Home/BdlApi?lang=en> with set of useful tools like quick plotting and map generating using data from bank.

Bayesian Mixture Survival Models using Additive Mixture-of-Weibull Hazards, with Lasso Shrinkage and Stratification. As a Bayesian dynamic survival model, it relaxes the proportional-hazard assumption. Lasso shrinkage controls overfitting, given the increase in the number of free parameters in the model due to presence of two Weibull components in the hazard function.

Maleknia et al. (2020) <doi:10.1101/2020.01.13.905448>. A novel pathway enrichment analysis package based on Bayesian network to investigate the topology features of the pathways. firstly, 187 kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes (KEGG) human non-metabolic pathways which their cycles were eliminated by biological approach, enter in analysis as Bayesian network structures. The constructed Bayesian network were optimized by the Least Absolute Shrinkage Selector Operator (lasso) and the parameters were learned based on gene expression data. Finally, the impacted pathways were enriched by Fisherâ s Exact Test on significant parameters.

Several implementations of a novel Bayesian hierarchical statistical model of nucleotide recoding RNA-seq experiments (NR-seq; TimeLapse-seq, SLAM-seq, TUC-seq, etc.) for analyzing and comparing NR-seq datasets (see Vock and Simon (2023) <doi:10.1261/rna.079451.122>). NR-seq is a powerful extension of RNA-seq that provides information about the kinetics of RNA metabolism (e.g., RNA degradation rate constants), which is notably lacking in standard RNA-seq data. The statistical model makes maximal use of these high-throughput datasets by sharing information across transcripts to significantly improve uncertainty quantification and increase statistical power. bakR includes a maximally efficient implementation of this model for conservative initial investigations of datasets. bakR also provides more highly powered implementations using the probabilistic programming language Stan to sample from the full posterior distribution. bakR performs multiple-test adjusted statistical inference with the output of these model implementations to help biologists separate signal from background. Methods to automatically visualize key results and detect batch effects are also provided.

This package provides a new class of Bayesian meta-analysis models that incorporates a model for internal and external validity bias. In this way, it is possible to combine studies of diverse quality and different types. For example, we can combine the results of randomized control trials (RCTs) with the results of observational studies (OS).

Fast, dependency free, and vectorized base32 encoding and decoding. b32 supports the Crockford, Z, RFC 4648 lower, hex, and lower hex alphabets.

This package provides a framework for data manipulation and visualization using a web-based point and click user interface where analysis pipelines are decomposed into re-usable and parameterizable blocks.

This package provides functions to find edges for bibliometric networks like bibliographic coupling network, co-citation network and co-authorship network. The weights of network edges can be calculated according to different methods, depending on the type of networks, the type of nodes, and what you want to analyse. These functions are optimized to be be used on large dataset. The package contains functions inspired by: Leydesdorff, Loet and Park, Han Woo (2017) <doi:10.1016/j.joi.2016.11.007>; Perianes-Rodriguez, Antonio, Ludo Waltman, and Nees Jan Van Eck (2016) <doi:10.1016/j.joi.2016.10.006>; Sen, Subir K. and Shymal K. Gan (1983) <http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/28008>; Shen, Si, Zhu, Danhao, Rousseau, Ronald, Su, Xinning and Wang, Dongbo (2019) <doi:10.1016/j.joi.2019.01.012>; Zhao, Dangzhi and Strotmann, Andreas (2008) <doi:10.1002/meet.2008.1450450292>.

This package provides tools to read, write, parse, and analyze forest fire history data (e.g. FHX). Described in Malevich et al. (2018) <doi:10.1016/j.dendro.2018.02.005>.

Colour blend functions. These functions make it easier to blend colours and palettes using digital blend modes such as multiply, screen, and overlay.

Multilevel ecological data series (MEDS) are sequences of observations ordered according to temporal/spatial hierarchies that are defined by sample designs, with sample variability confined to ecological factors. Dendroclimatic MEDS of tree rings and climate are modeled into normalized fluctuations of tree growth and aridity. Modeled fluctuations (model frames) are compared with Mantel correlograms on multiple levels defined by sample design. Package implementation can be understood by running examples in modelFrame(), and muleMan() functions.

Fits linear or generalized linear regression models using Bayesian global-local shrinkage prior hierarchies as described in Polson and Scott (2010) <doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199694587.003.0017>. Provides an efficient implementation of ridge, lasso, horseshoe and horseshoe+ regression with logistic, Gaussian, Laplace, Student-t, Poisson or geometric distributed targets using the algorithms summarized in Makalic and Schmidt (2016) <doi:10.48550/arXiv.1611.06649>.