Penalised Maximum Likelihood Estimation for Hidden Semi-Markov Models

Provides tools for penalised maximum likelihood estimation of hidden semi-Markov models (HSMMs) with flexible state dwell-time distributions. These include functions for model fitting, model checking and state-decoding. The package considers HSMMs for univariate time series with state-dependent gamma, normal, Poisson or Bernoulli distributions. For details, see Pohle, J., Adam, T. and Beumer, L.T. (2021): Flexible estimation of the state dwell-time distribution in hidden semi-Markov models. .

Multivariate VAM Fitting

Fits a multivariate value-added model (VAM), see Broatch, Green, and Karl (2018) and Broatch and Lohr (2012) , with normally distributed test scores and a binary outcome indicator. A pseudo-likelihood approach, Wolfinger (1993) , is used for the estimation of this joint generalized linear mixed model. The inner loop of the pseudo-likelihood routine (estimation of a linear mixed model) occurs in the framework of the EM algorithm presented by Karl, Yang, and Lohr (2013) . This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grants DRL-1336027 and DRL-1336265.

User Interface for Collecting and Analysing Social Networks

A 'Shiny' application for the interactive visualisation and analysis of networks that also provides a web interface for collecting social media data using 'vosonSML'.

Predictive (Classification and Regression) Models Homologator

Methods to unify the different ways of creating predictive models and their different predictive formats for classification and regression. It includes methods such as K-Nearest Neighbors Schliep, K. P. (2004) , Decision Trees Leo Breiman, Jerome H. Friedman, Richard A. Olshen, Charles J. Stone (2017) , ADA Boosting Esteban Alfaro, Matias Gamez, Noelia García (2013) , Extreme Gradient Boosting Chen & Guestrin (2016) , Random Forest Breiman (2001) , Neural Networks Venables, W. N., & Ripley, B. D. (2002) , Support Vector Machines Bennett, K. P. & Campbell, C. (2000) , Bayesian Methods Gelman, A., Carlin, J. B., Stern, H. S., & Rubin, D. B. (1995) , Linear Discriminant Analysis Venables, W. N., & Ripley, B. D. (2002) , Quadratic Discriminant Analysis Venables, W. N., & Ripley, B. D. (2002) , Logistic Regression Dobson, A. J., & Barnett, A. G. (2018) and Penalized Logistic Regression Friedman, J. H., Hastie, T., & Tibshirani, R. (2010) .

Model Evaluation and Analysis

Analyses species distribution models and evaluates their performance. It includes functions for variation partitioning, extracting variable importance, computing several metrics of model discrimination and calibration performance, optimizing prediction thresholds based on a number of criteria, performing multivariate environmental similarity surface (MESS) analysis, and displaying various analytical plots. Initially described in Barbosa et al. (2013) .

R Markdown Format for Flexible Dashboards

Format for converting an R Markdown document to a grid oriented dashboard. The dashboard flexibly adapts the size of it's components to the containing web page.

Inference for Linear Models with Nuisance Parameters

Efficient Frequentist profiling and Bayesian marginalization of parameters for which the conditional likelihood is that of a multivariate linear regression model. Arbitrary inter-observation error correlations are supported, with optimized calculations provided for independent-heteroskedastic and stationary dependence structures.

Build Tables for Publication

Functions for building customized ready-to-export tables for publication.

Hive Plots of R Package Function Calls

Analyzes the function calls in an R package and creates a hive plot of the calls, dividing them among functions that only make outgoing calls (sources), functions that have only incoming calls (sinks), and those that have both incoming calls and make outgoing calls (managers). Function calls can be mapped by their absolute numbers, their normalized absolute numbers, or their rank. FuncMap should be useful for comparing packages at a high level for their overall design. Plus, it's just plain fun. The hive plot concept was developed by Martin Krzywinski (www.hiveplot.com) and inspired this package. Note: this package is maintained for historical reasons. HiveR is a full package for creating hive plots.

Predict Fish Hatch and Emergence Timing

Predict hatch and emergence timing for a wide range of wild fishes using the effective value framework (Sparks et al., (2019) ). 'hatchR' offers users access to established phenological models and the flexibility to incorporate custom parameterizations using external datasets.