Visualize confounder control in meta-analysis. metaconfoundr is an approach to evaluating bias in studies used in meta-analyses based on the causal inference framework. Study groups create a causal diagram displaying their assumptions about the scientific question. From this, they develop a list of important confounders'. Then, they evaluate whether studies controlled for these variables well. metaconfoundr is a toolkit to facilitate this process and visualize the results as heat maps, traffic light plots, and more.

The word Meme was originated from the book, The Selfish Gene', authored by Richard Dawkins (1976). It is a unit of culture that is passed from one generation to another and correlates to the gene, the unit of physical heredity. The internet memes are captioned photos that are intended to be funny, ridiculous. Memes behave like infectious viruses and travel from person to person quickly through social media. The meme package allows users to make custom memes.

Package for estimating, analyzing, and forecasting multi-country macro-finance affine term structure models (ATSMs). All setups build on the single-country unspanned macroeconomic risk framework from Joslin, Priebsch, and Singleton (2014, JF) <doi:10.1111/jofi.12131>. Multicountry extensions by Jotikasthira, Le, and Lundblad (2015, JFE) <doi:10.1016/j.jfineco.2014.09.004>, Candelon and Moura (2023, EM) <doi:10.1016/j.econmod.2023.106453>, and Candelon and Moura (2024, JFEC) <doi:10.1093/jjfinec/nbae008> are also available. The package also provides tools for bias correction as in Bauer Rudebusch and Wu (2012, JBES) <doi:10.1080/07350015.2012.693855>, bootstrap analysis, and several graphical/numerical outputs.

This package provides a set of evolutionary algorithms to solve many-objective optimization. Hybridization between the algorithms are also facilitated. Available algorithms are: SMS-EMOA <doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2006.08.008> NSGA-III <doi:10.1109/TEVC.2013.2281535> MO-CMA-ES <doi:10.1145/1830483.1830573> The following many-objective benchmark problems are also provided: DTLZ1'-'DTLZ4 from Deb, et al. (2001) <doi:10.1007/1-84628-137-7_6> and WFG4'-'WFG9 from Huband, et al. (2005) <doi:10.1109/TEVC.2005.861417>.

Conveniently log everything you type into the R console. Logs are are stored as tidy data frames which can then be analyzed using tidyverse style tools.

This package provides a suite of compiled functions calculating rolling mins, means, maxes and other statistics. This package is designed to meet the needs of data processing systems for environmental time series.

Sample size estimations for MRMC studies based on the Obuchowski-Rockette (OR) methodology is implemented. The function can calculate sample sizes where the endpoint of interest in the study is either ROC AUC (Area-Under-the-Receiver-Operating-Characteristics-Curve) or sensitivity. The package can also return sample sizes for studies expected to have clustering effect (e.g.- multiple pulmonary nodules per patient). All calculations assume that the study design is fully crossed (paired-reader, paired-case) where each reader reads/interprets each case and that there are two interventions/imaging-modalities/techniques in the study. In addition to MRMC, it can also be used to estimate sample sizes for standalone studies where sensitivity or AUC are the primary endpoints. The methods implemented are based on the methods described in Zhou et.al. (2011) <doi:10.1002/9780470906514> and Obuchowski (2000) <doi:10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181a663cc>.

Modern model-based geostatistics for point-referenced data. This package provides a simple interface to run spatial machine learning models and geostatistical models that estimate a continuous (raster) surface from point-referenced outcomes and, optionally, a set of raster covariates. The package also includes functions to summarize raster outcomes by (polygon) region while preserving uncertainty.

Simulating and estimating (regime-switching) Markov chain Gaussian fields with covariance functions of the Gneiting class (Gneiting 2002) <doi:10.1198/016214502760047113>. It supports parameter estimation by weighted least squares and maximum likelihood methods, and produces Kriging forecasts and intervals for existing and new locations.

Multivariate joint models of longitudinal and time-to-event data based on functional principal components implemented with bamlss'. Implementation for Volkmann, Umlauf, Greven (2023) <arXiv:2311.06409>.

Estimates risk as a function of a marker by integrating over other covariates in a conditional risk model.

Vitamin and mineral deficiencies continue to be a significant public health problem. This is particularly critical in developing countries where deficiencies to vitamin A, iron, iodine, and other micronutrients lead to adverse health consequences. Cross-sectional surveys are helpful in answering questions related to the magnitude and distribution of deficiencies of selected vitamins and minerals. This package provides tools for calculating and determining select vitamin and mineral deficiencies based on World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines found at <https://www.who.int/teams/nutrition-and-food-safety/databases/vitamin-and-mineral-nutrition-information-system>.

Offers a general framework of multivariate mixed-effects models for the joint analysis of multiple correlated outcomes with clustered data structures and potential missingness proposed by Wang et al. (2018) <doi:10.1093/biostatistics/kxy022>. The missingness of outcome values may depend on the values themselves (missing not at random and non-ignorable), or may depend on only the covariates (missing at random and ignorable), or both. This package provides functions for two models: 1) mvMISE_b() allows correlated outcome-specific random intercepts with a factor-analytic structure, and 2) mvMISE_e() allows the correlated outcome-specific error terms with a graphical lasso penalty on the error precision matrix. Both functions are motivated by the multivariate data analysis on data with clustered structures from labelling-based quantitative proteomic studies. These models and functions can also be applied to univariate and multivariate analyses of clustered data with balanced or unbalanced design and no missingness.

This package implements the Multi-Objective Clustering Algorithm Guided by a-Priori Biological Knowledge (MOC-GaPBK) which was proposed by Parraga-Alava, J. et. al. (2018) <doi:10.1186/s13040-018-0178-4>.

Unit testing for Monte Carlo methods, particularly Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods, are implemented as extensions of the testthat package. The MCMC methods check whether the MCMC chain has the correct invariant distribution. They do not check other properties of successful samplers such as whether the chain can reach all points, i.e. whether is recurrent. The tests require the ability to sample from the prior and to run steps of the MCMC chain. The methodology is described in Gandy and Scott (2020) <arXiv:2001.06465>.

This package provides functions for obtaining estimates of the parameter of the niche preemption model (also known as the geometric series), in particular a maximum likelihood estimator (Graffelman, 2021) <doi:10.1101/2021.01.27.428381>. The niche preemption model is a widely used model in ecology and biodiversity studies.

Create tile grid maps, which are like choropleth maps except each region is represented with equal visual space.

This package provides functions for fitting various models to capture-recapture data including mixed-effects Cormack-Jolly-Seber(CJS) and multistate models and the multi-variate state model structure for survival estimation and POPAN structured Jolly-Seber models for abundance estimation. There are also Hidden Markov model (HMM) implementations of CJS and multistate models with and without state uncertainty and a simulation capability for HMM models.

Carries out model-based clustering, classification and discriminant analysis using five different models. The models are all based on the generalized hyperbolic distribution. The first model MGHD (Browne and McNicholas (2015) <doi:10.1002/cjs.11246>) is the classical mixture of generalized hyperbolic distributions. The MGHFA (Tortora et al. (2016) <doi:10.1007/s11634-015-0204-z>) is the mixture of generalized hyperbolic factor analyzers for high dimensional data sets. The MSGHD is the mixture of multiple scaled generalized hyperbolic distributions, the cMSGHD is a MSGHD with convex contour plots and the MCGHD', mixture of coalesced generalized hyperbolic distributions is a new more flexible model (Tortora et al. (2019)<doi:10.1007/s00357-019-09319-3>. The paper related to the software can be found at <doi:10.18637/jss.v098.i03>.

The tools for MicroRNA Set Enrichment Analysis can identify risk pathways(or prior gene sets) regulated by microRNA set in the context of microRNA expression data. (1) This package constructs a correlation profile of microRNA and pathways by the hypergeometric statistic test. The gene sets of pathways derived from the three public databases (Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes ('KEGG'); Reactome'; Biocarta') and the target gene sets of microRNA are provided by four databases('TarBaseV6.0'; mir2Disease'; miRecords'; miRTarBase';). (2) This package can quantify the change of correlation between microRNA for each pathway(or prior gene set) based on a microRNA expression data with cases and controls. (3) This package uses the weighted Kolmogorov-Smirnov statistic to calculate an enrichment score (ES) of a microRNA set that co-regulate to a pathway , which reflects the degree to which a given pathway is associated with the specific phenotype. (4) This package can provide the visualization of the results.

Integrating morphological modeling with machine learning to support structured decision-making (e.g., in management and consulting). The package enumerates a morphospace of feasible configurations and uses random forests to estimate class probabilities over that space, bridging deductive model exploration with empirical validation. It includes utilities for factorizing inputs, model training, morphospace construction, and an interactive shiny app for scenario exploration.

The Macroeconomics-at-Risk (MaR) approach is based on a two-step semi-parametric estimation procedure that allows to forecast the full conditional distribution of an economic variable at a given horizon, as a function of a set of factors. These density forecasts are then be used to produce coherent forecasts for any downside risk measure, e.g., value-at-risk, expected shortfall, downside entropy. Initially introduced by Adrian et al. (2019) <doi:10.1257/aer.20161923> to reveal the vulnerability of economic growth to financial conditions, the MaR approach is currently extensively used by international financial institutions to provide Value-at-Risk (VaR) type forecasts for GDP growth (Growth-at-Risk) or inflation (Inflation-at-Risk). This package provides methods for estimating these models. Datasets for the US and the Eurozone are available to allow testing of the Adrian et al (2019) model. This package constitutes a useful toolbox (data and functions) for private practitioners, scholars as well as policymakers.

Constructs trees for multivariate survival data using marginal and frailty models. Grows, prunes, and selects the best-sized tree.

This package performs the multiple testing procedures of Cox (2011) <doi:10.5170/CERN-2011-006> and Wong and Cox (2007) <doi:10.1080/02664760701240014>.