Helper Functions for Rmd Documents

A series of functions to aid in repeated tasks for Rmd documents. All details are to my personal preference, though I am happy to add flexibility if there are use cases I am missing. I will continue updating with new functions as I add utility functions for myself.

Data Correction and Imputation Using Deductive Methods

Attempt to repair inconsistencies and missing values in data records by using information from valid values and validation rules restricting the data.

Print Maps, Draw on Them, Scan Them Back in

Enables preparation of maps to be printed and drawn on. Modified maps can then be scanned back in, and hand-drawn marks converted to spatial objects.

Import 'OpenStreetMap' Data as Simple Features or Spatial Objects

Download and import of 'OpenStreetMap' ('OSM') data as 'sf' or 'sp' objects. 'OSM' data are extracted from the 'Overpass' web server (< https://overpass-api.de/>) and processed with very fast 'C++' routines for return to 'R'.

Modify Data Using Externally Defined Modification Rules

Data cleaning scripts typically contain a lot of 'if this change that' type of statements. Such statements are typically condensed expert knowledge. With this package, such 'data modifying rules' are taken out of the code and become in stead parameters to the work flow. This allows one to maintain, document, and reason about data modification rules as separate entities.

Smoothing tools

Tools rewritten in C for various smoothing tasks

Routines for Common fMRI Processing Tasks

Supports fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) analysis tasks including reading in 'CIFTI', 'GIFTI' and 'NIFTI' data, temporal filtering, nuisance regression, and aCompCor (anatomical Components Correction) (Muschelli et al. (2014) ).

Radiation Safety

Provides functions for radiation safety, also known as "radiation protection" and "radiological control". The science of radiation protection is called "health physics" and its engineering functions are called "radiological engineering". Functions in this package cover many of the computations needed by radiation safety professionals. Examples include: obtaining updated calibration and source check values for radiation monitors to account for radioactive decay in a reference source, simulating instrument readings to better understand measurement uncertainty, correcting instrument readings for geometry and ambient atmospheric conditions. Many of these functions are described in Johnson and Kirby (2011, ISBN-13: 978-1609134198). Utilities are also included for developing inputs and processing outputs with radiation transport codes, such as MCNP, a general-purpose Monte Carlo N-Particle code that can be used for neutron, photon, electron, or coupled neutron/photon/electron transport (Werner et. al. (2018) ).

Identify Event Sequences Using Time Series Joins

Examine any number of time series data frames to identify instances in which various criteria are met within specified time frames. In clinical medicine, these types of events are often called "constellations of signs and symptoms", because a single condition depends on a series of events occurring within a certain amount of time of each other. This package was written to work with any number of time series data frames and is optimized for speed to work well with data frames with millions of rows.

Advanced Policing Techniques for the Board Game "Letters from Whitechapel"

Provides a set of functions to make tracking the hidden movements of the 'Jack' player easier. By tracking every possible path Jack might have traveled from the point of the initial murder including special movement such as through alleyways and via carriages, the police can more accurately narrow the field of their search. Additionally, by tracking all possible hideouts from round to round, rounds 3 and 4 should have a vastly reduced field of search.