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VGAM (version 0.9-5)

Vector Generalized Linear and Additive Models

Description

This package fits many (150+) models and distributions by maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) or penalized MLE, using Fisher scoring. This is done via the vector generalized linear and additive model (VGLM/VGAM) classes and associated models (reduced-rank VGLMs, quadratic RR-VGLMs, reduced-rank VGAMs, row-column interaction models). These are abbreviated RR-VGLMs, QRR-VGLMs, RR-VGAMs and RCIMs. These include constrained and unconstrained quadratic ordination (CQO/UQO) models in ecology as well as constrained additive ordination (CAO). Note that these functions are subject to change, especially before version 1.0.0 is released; see the NEWS file for latest changes.

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install.packages('VGAM')

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0.9-5

License

GPL-2

Maintainer

Thomas Yee

Last Published

November 6th, 2014

Functions in VGAM (0.9-5)

Binorm

Bivariate normal distribution cumulative distribution function
Fisk

The Fisk Distribution
explog

The Exponential Logarithmic Distribution
SurvS4

Create a Survival Object
Biclaytoncop

Clayton Copula (Bivariate) Distribution
nbolf

Negative Binomial-Ordinal Link Function
amlexponential

Exponential Regression by Asymmetric Maximum Likelihood Estimation
cumulative

Ordinal Regression with Cumulative Probabilities
bigamma.mckay

Bivariate Gamma: McKay's Distribution
BICvlm

Bayesian Information Criterion
borel.tanner

Borel-Tanner Distribution Family Function
chest.nz

Chest Pain in NZ Adults Data
Select

Select variables for a formula response or the RHS of a formula
Coef.rrvglm

Returns Important Matrices etc. of a RR-VGLM Object
A1A2A3

The A1A2A3 Blood Group System
cauchy

Cauchy Distribution Family Function
coefvlm

Extract Model Coefficients
deermice

Captures of Peromyscus maniculatus, also known as deer mice.
Bort

The Borel-Tanner Distribution
Coef.vlm

Extract Model Coefficients for VLM Objects
chinese.nz

Chinese Population in New Zealand 1867--2001 Data
fff

F Distribution Family Function
binom2.rho

Bivariate Probit Model (Family Function)
double.expbinomial

Double Exponential Binomial Distribution Family Function
ordpoisson

Ordinal Poisson Family Function
AB.Ab.aB.ab

The AB-Ab-aB-ab Blood Group System
Inv.gaussian

The Inverse Gaussian Distribution
Pareto

The Pareto Distribution
kumar

Kumaraswamy Distribution Family Function
Coef

Computes Model Coefficients and Quantities
calibrate.qrrvglm

Calibration for CQO and CAO models
Biplackett

Plackett's Bivariate Copula
cardioid

Cardioid Distribution Family Function
Bistudentt

Bivariate Student-t distribution cumulative distribution function
dirmul.old

Fitting a Dirichlet-Multinomial Distribution
Benini

The Benini Distribution
Rcim

Mark the Baseline of Row and Column on a Matrix data
Pospois

Positive-Poisson Distribution
betaprime

The Beta-Prime Distribution
cqo

Fitting Constrained Quadratic Ordination (CQO)
freund61

Freund's (1961) Bivariate Extension of the Exponential Distribution
explogff

Exponential Logarithmic Distribution Family Function
Brat

Inputting Data to fit a Bradley Terry Model
MNSs

The MNSs Blood Group System
Coef.rrvglm-class

Class ``Coef.rrvglm''
binom2.or

Bivariate Binary Regression with an Odds Ratio (Family Function)
binormalcop

Gaussian Copula (Bivariate) Family Function
expint

The Exponential Integral and Variants
Frechet

The Frechet Distribution
cens.normal

Censored Normal Distribution
calibrate.qrrvglm.control

Control function for CQO/CAO calibration
expgeometric

Exponential Geometric Distribution Family Function
cgo

Redirects the user to cqo
cfibrosis

Cystic Fibrosis Data
makeham

Makeham Distribution Family Function
lomax

Lomax Distribution Family Function
Opt

Optimums
SurvS4-class

Class "SurvS4"
Expectiles-Uniform

Expectiles of the Uniform Distribution
auuc

Auckland University Undergraduate Counts Data
Expectiles-Normal

Expectiles of the Normal Distribution
Coef.qrrvglm-class

Class ``Coef.qrrvglm''
gev

Generalized Extreme Value Distribution Family Function
guplot

Gumbel Plot
golf

Gamma-Ordinal Link Function
SURff

Seemingly Unrelated Regressions
biplackettcop

Plackett's Bivariate Copula Family Function
crashes

Crashes on New Zealand Roads in 2009
coalminers

Breathlessness and Wheeze Amongst Coalminers Data
latvar

Latent Variables
bigumbelIexp

Gumbel's Type I Bivariate Distribution Family Function
Felix

The Felix Distribution
Links

Link functions for VGLM/VGAM/etc. families
fittedvlm

Fitted Values of a VLM object
plotqtplot.lmscreg

Quantile Plot for LMS Quantile Regression
biamhcop

Ali-Mikhail-Haq Distribution Family Function
expgeom

The Exponential Geometric Distribution
amlbinomial

Binomial Logistic Regression by Asymmetric Maximum Likelihood Estimation
Tol

Tolerances
CommonVGAMffArguments

Common VGAM family function Arguments
loglapUC

The Log-Laplace Distribution
Bifgmcop

Farlie-Gumbel-Morgenstern's Bivariate Distribution
hypersecant

Hyperbolic Secant Distribution Family Function
get.smart.prediction

Retrieves ``.smart.prediction''
bilogistic

Bivariate Logistic Distribution Family Function
Gumbel-II

The Gumbel-II Distribution
lvplot.rrvglm

Latent Variable Plot for RR-VGLMs
Qvar

Quasi-variances Preprocessing Function
mccullagh89

McCullagh (1989) Distribution Family Function
gevUC

The Generalized Extreme Value Distribution
cratio

Ordinal Regression with Continuation Ratios
Lindley

The Lindley Distribution
Foldnorm

The Folded-Normal Distribution
bisa

Birnbaum-Saunders Distribution Family Function
exponential

Exponential Distribution
cao.control

Control Function for RR-VGAMs (CAO)
fsqrt

Folded Square Root Link Function
beggs

Bacon and Eggs Data
Expectiles-Exponential

Expectiles of the Exponential Distribution
cauchit

Cauchit Link Function
logff

Logarithmic Distribution
zabinomial

Zero-Altered Binomial Distribution
acat

Ordinal Regression with Adjacent Categories Probabilities
gammaR

2-parameter Gamma Distribution
pgamma.deriv

Derivatives of the Incomplete Gamma Integral
dlogF

log F Distribution
clo

Redirects the user to rrvglm
mix2exp

Mixture of Two Exponential Distributions
exppois

The Exponential Poisson Distribution
alaplace

Asymmetric Laplace Distribution Family Functions
paretoff

Pareto and Truncated Pareto Distribution Family Functions
Maxwell

The Maxwell Distribution
lms.bcn

LMS Quantile Regression with a Box-Cox Transformation to Normality
deplot.lmscreg

Density Plot for LMS Quantile Regression
gamma2

2-parameter Gamma Distribution
model.matrixvlm

Construct the Design Matrix of a VLM Object
dhuber

Huber's least favourable distribution
cdf.lmscreg

Cumulative Distribution Function for LMS Quantile Regression
gpdUC

The Generalized Pareto Distribution
melbmaxtemp

melbmaxtemp daily maximum temperatures
wine

Bitterness in Wine Data
concoef-methods

Constrained (Canonical) Coefficients
Inv.lomax

The Inverse Lomax Distribution
df.residual

Residual Degrees-of-Freedom
get.smart

Retrieve One Component of ``.smart.prediction''
tikuv

Short-tailed Symmetric Distribution Family Function
posbinomial

Positive Binomial Distribution Family Function
undocumented-methods

Undocumented Methods Functions
studentt

Student t Distribution
aux.posbernoulli.t

Auxiliary Function for the Positive Bernoulli Family Function with Time Effects
cao

Fitting Constrained Additive Ordination (CAO)
binormal

Bivariate normal distribution family function
AICvlm

Akaike's Information Criterion
dirmultinomial

Fitting a Dirichlet-Multinomial Distribution
olympics

2008 and 2012 Summer Olympic Final Medal Count Data
lms.bcg

LMS Quantile Regression with a Box-Cox transformation to a Gamma Distribution
logc

Complementary-log Link Function
dagum

Dagum Distribution Family Function
gaussianff

Gaussian (normal) Family Function
levy

Levy Distribution Family Function
Rice

The Rice Distribution
lambertW

The Lambert W function
backPain

Data on Back Pain Prognosis, from Anderson (1984)
nbcanlink

Negative binomial canonical link function
geometric

Geometric (Truncated and Untruncated) Distributions
bratt

Bradley Terry Model With Ties
posnormal

Positive Normal Distribution Family Function
is.parallel

Parallelism Constraint Matrices
gammahyperbola

Gamma Hyperbola Bivariate Distribution
lino

Generalized Beta Distribution Family Function
machinists

Machinists Accidents
V1

V1 Flying-Bombs Hits in London
logit

Logit Link Function
grc

Row-Column Interaction Models including Goodman's RC Association Model and Unconstrained Quadratic Ordination
lms.yjn

LMS Quantile Regression with a Yeo-Johnson Transformation to Normality
grain.us

Grain Prices Data in USA
genpoisson

Generalized Poisson distribution
bifgmexp

Bivariate Farlie-Gumbel-Morgenstern Exponential Distribution Family Function
riceff

Rice Distribution Family Function
exppoisson

Exponential Poisson Distribution Family Function
trplot.qrrvglm

Trajectory plot for QRR-VGLMs
propodds

Proportional Odds Model for Ordinal Regression
setup.smart

Smart Prediction Setup
betageometric

Beta-geometric Distribution Family Function
vsmooth.spline

Vector cubic smoothing spline
zapoisson

Zero-Altered Poisson Distribution
finney44

Toxicity trial for insects
rec.normal

Upper Record Values from a Univariate Normal Distribution
qtplot.lmscreg

Quantile Plot for LMS Quantile Regression
erlang

Erlang Distribution
chisq

Chi-squared Distribution
mix2poisson

Mixture of Two Poisson Distributions
gumbelII

Gumbel-II Distribution Family Function
Inv.paralogistic

The Inverse Paralogistic Distribution
betaff

The Two-parameter Beta Distribution Family Function
bmi.nz

Body Mass Index of New Zealand Adults Data
cens.poisson

Censored Poisson Family Function
plotvgam.control

Control Function for plotvgam()
hspider

Hunting Spider Data
slash

Slash Distribution Family Function
pneumo

Pneumoconiosis in Coalminers Data
rrar

Nested reduced-rank autoregressive models for multiple time series
VGAM-package

Vector Generalized Linear and Additive Models
lerch

Lerch Phi Function
paretoIV

Pareto(IV/III/II) Distribution Family Functions
logoff

Log link function with an offset
trplot

Trajectory Plot
Binormcop

Gaussian Copula (Bivariate) Distribution
Sinmad

The Singh-Maddala Distribution
Zeta

The Zeta Distribution
hunua

Hunua Ranges Data
pgamma.deriv.unscaled

Derivatives of the Incomplete Gamma Integral (Unscaled Version)
nakagami

Nakagami Distribution Family Function
Hzeta

Haight's Zeta Distribution
Benford

Benford's Distribution
betabinomial

Beta-binomial Distribution Family Function
binomialff

Binomial Family Function
negbinomial.size

Negative Binomial Distribution Family Function With Known Size
calibrate

Model Calibrations
bifrankcop

Frank's Bivariate Distribution Family Function
Posnorm

The Positive-Normal Distribution
multinomial

Multinomial Logit Model
sratio

Ordinal Regression with Stopping Ratios
Skellam

The Skellam Distribution
logLik.vlm

Extract Log-likelihood for VGLMs/VGAMs/etc.
Simplex

Simplex Distribution
vglm-class

Class ``vglm''
lqnorm

Minimizing the L-q norm Family Function
negbinomial

Negative Binomial Distribution Family Function
rhobit

Rhobit Link Function
posbernUC

Positive Bernoulli Sequence Model
truncweibull

Truncated Weibull Distribution Family Function
gpd

Generalized Pareto Distribution Family Function
margeff

Marginal effects for the multinomial logit and cumulative models
Rayleigh

The Rayleigh Distribution
triangle

Triangle Distribution Family Function
erf

Error Function, and variants
lvplot.qrrvglm

Latent Variable Plot for QO models
meplot

Mean Excess Plot
loglinb2

Loglinear Model for Two Binary Responses
Betanorm

The Beta-Normal Distribution
toxop

Toxoplasmosis Data
genbetaII

Generalized Beta Distribution of the Second Kind
hormone

Hormone Assay Data
concoef

Extract Model Constrained/Canonical Coefficients
gengamma.stacy

Generalized Gamma distribution family function
rdiric

The Dirichlet distribution
hatvalues

Hat Values and Regression Deletion Diagnostics
gumbel

Gumbel Distribution Family Function
yip88

Zero-Inflated Poisson Distribution (Yip (1988) algorithm)
depvar

Response variable extracted
prats

Pregnant Rats Toxological Experiment Data
is.smart

Test For a Smart Object
plotqrrvglm

Model Diagnostic Plots for QRR-VGLMs
loglinb3

Loglinear Model for Three Binary Responses
Truncpareto

The Truncated Pareto Distribution
loglog

Log-log Link Function
Gompertz

The Gompertz Distribution
vglm

Fitting Vector Generalized Linear Models
plotrcim0

Main effects plot for a Row-Column Interaction Model (RCIM)
Card

Cardioid Distribution
prentice74

Prentice (1974) Log-gamma Distribution
cens.gumbel

Censored Gumbel Distribution
Perks

The Perks Distribution
multilogit

Multi-logit Link Function
zigeometric

Zero-Inflated Geometric Distribution Family Function
double.cens.normal

Univariate Normal Distribution with Double Censoring
skewnormal

Univariate Skew-Normal Distribution Family Function
Coef.qrrvglm

Returns Important Matrices etc. of a QO Object
rrvglm.optim.control

Control function for rrvglm() calling optim()
paralogistic

Paralogistic Distribution Family Function
iam

Index from Array to Matrix
sc.studentt2

Scaled Student t Distribution with 2 df Family Function
waldff

Wald Distribution Family Function
logF

Natural Exponential Family Generalized Hyperbolic Secant Distribution Family Function
Posnegbin

Positive-Negative Binomial Distribution
Yules

Yule-Simon Distribution
qtplot.gumbel

Quantile Plot for Gumbel Regression
rigff

Reciprocal Inverse Gaussian distribution
huber2

Huber's least favourable distribution family function
amlpoisson

Poisson Regression by Asymmetric Maximum Likelihood Estimation
dirichlet

Fitting a Dirichlet Distribution
rrvglm.control

Control function for rrvglm
notdocumentedyet

Undocumented and Internally Used Functions and Classes
skewnorm

Skew-Normal Distribution
tobit

Tobit Model
zibinomial

Zero-Inflated Binomial Distribution Family Function
plotdeplot.lmscreg

Density Plot for LMS Quantile Regression
enzyme

Enzyme Data
mix2normal

Mixture of Two Univariate Normal Distributions
Polono

The Poisson Lognormal Distribution
gengammaUC

The Generalized Gamma Distribution
Posgeom

Positive-geometric Distribution
reciprocal

Reciprocal link function
fisherz

Fisher's Z Link Function
poissonff

Poisson Family Function
vgam

Fitting Vector Generalized Additive Models
identitylink

Identity Link Function
smartpred

Smart Prediction
Frank

Frank's Bivariate Distribution
bilogis

Bivariate Logistic Distribution
predictvglm

Predict Method for a VGLM fit
smart.mode.is

Determine What Mode the Smart Prediction is In
kendall.tau

Kendall's Tau Statistic
lakeO

Annual catches on Lake Otamangakau from October 1974 to October 1989
loglaplace

Log-Laplace and Logit-Laplace Distribution Family Functions
quasipoissonff

Quasi-Poisson Family Function
flourbeetle

Mortality of Flour Beetles from Carbon Disulphide
AA.Aa.aa

The AA-Aa-aa Blood Group System
expexpff1

Exponentiated Exponential Distribution
rcqo

Constrained Quadratic Ordination
Zibinom

Zero-Inflated Binomial Distribution
smart.expression

S Expression for Smart Functions
seq2binomial

The Two-stage Sequential Binomial Distribution Family Function
lrtest

Likelihood Ratio Test of Nested Models
posbernoulli.tb

Positive Bernoulli Family Function with Time and Behavioural Effects
powerlink

Power Link Function
polf

Poisson-Ordinal Link Function
quasibinomialff

Quasi-Binomial Family Function
lognormal

Lognormal Distribution
rec.exp1

Upper Record Values from a 1-parameter Exponential Distribution
laplaceUC

The Laplace Distribution
normal.vcm

Univariate Normal Distribution as a Varying-Coefficient Model
leipnik

Leipnik Distribution Family Function
weibullR

Weibull Distribution Family Function
posbernoulli.b

Positive Bernoulli Family Function with Behavioural Effects
put.smart

Adds a List to the End of the List ``.smart.prediction''
predictqrrvglm

Predict Method for a CQO fit
calibrate-methods

Calibration for Constrained Regression Models
is.zero

Zero Constraint Matrices
Zanegbin

Zero-Altered Negative Binomial Distribution
micmen

Michaelis-Menten Model
Zinegbin

Zero-Inflated Negative Binomial Distribution
zipf

Zipf Distribution Family Function
zinegbinomial

Zero-Inflated Negative Binomial Distribution Family Function
plotvglm

Plots for VGLMs
ruge

Rutherford-Geiger Polonium Data
poisson.points

Poisson-points-on-a-plane/volume Distances Distribution
inv.binomial

Inverse Binomial Distribution Family Function
pospoisson

Positive Poisson Distribution Family Function
marital.nz

New Zealand Marital Data.
zero

The zero Argument in VGAM Family Functions
Zigeom

Zero-Inflated Geometric Distribution
garma

GARMA (Generalized Autoregressive Moving-Average) Models
fill

Creates a Matrix of Appropriate Dimension
genrayleigh

Generalized Rayleigh Distribution Family Function
prplot

Probability Plots for Categorical Data Analysis
weightsvglm

Prior and Working Weights of a VGLM fit
zetaff

Zeta Distribution Family Function
vglm.control

Control function for vglm
lvplot

Latent Variable Plot
uninormal

Univariate Normal Distribution
lgamma1

Log-gamma Distribution Family Function
Betabinom

The Beta-Binomial Distribution
ucberk

University California Berkeley Graduate Admissions
zageometric

Zero-Altered Geometric Distribution
model.framevlm

Construct the Model Frame of a VLM Object
perspqrrvglm

Perspective plot for QRR-VGLMs
waitakere

Waitakere Ranges Data
leukemia

Acute Myelogenous Leukemia Survival Data
Zabinom

Zero-Altered Binomial Distribution
vglmff-class

Class ``vglmff''
gamma1

1-parameter Gamma Distribution
Zapois

Zero-Altered Poisson Distribution
hyperg

Hypergeometric Family Function
PoissonPoints

Poisson Points Distribution
benini1

Benini Distribution Family Function
biplot-methods

Biplot of Constrained Regression Models
Expectiles-sc.t2

Expectiles/Quantiles of the Scaled Student t Distribution with 2 Df
log1pexp

Logarithms with an Unit Offset and Exponential Term
loge

Log link function, and variants
foldnormal

Folded Normal Distribution Family Function
laplace

Laplace Distribution
inv.gaussianff

Inverse Gaussian Distribution Family Function
Zipois

Zero-Inflated Poisson Distribution
corbet

Corbet's Butterfly Data
vgam-class

Class ``vgam''
Betageom

The Beta-Geometric Distribution
moffset

Matrix Offset
constraints

Constraint Matrices
Zageom

Zero-Altered Geometric Distribution
vonmises

von Mises Distribution Family Function
oxtemp

Oxford Temperature Data
qrrvglm.control

Control function for QRR-VGLMs (CQO)
ABO

The ABO Blood Group System
betabinomialff

Beta-binomial Distribution Family Function
amlnormal

Asymmetric Least Squares Quantile Regression
rlplot.egev

Return Level Plot for GEV Fits
zipebcom

Exchangeable bivariate cloglog odds-ratio model from a zero-inflated Poisson distribution
posbernoulli.t

Positive Bernoulli Family Function with Time Effects
alaplaceUC

The Laplace Distribution
betaR

The Two-parameter Beta Distribution Family Function
rrvglm-class

Class ``rrvglm''
Max

Maximums
cloglog

Complementary Log-log Link Function
Posbinom

Positive-Binomial Distribution
gumbelUC

The Gumbel Distribution
zanegbinomial

Zero-Altered Negative Binomial Distribution
probit

Probit Link Function
lgammaUC

The Log-Gamma Distribution
gew

General Electric and Westinghouse Data
Log

Logarithmic Distribution
wrapup.smart

Cleans Up After Smart Prediction
Huggins89.t1

Table 1 of Huggins (1989)
plotvgam

Default VGAM Plotting
vgam.control

Control function for vgam
genray

The Generalized Rayleigh Distribution
explink

Exponential Link Function
betaII

Beta Distribution of the Second Kind
lirat

Low-iron Rat Teratology Data
rrvglm

Fitting Reduced-Rank Vector Generalized Linear Models (RR-VGLMs)
posnegbinomial

Positive Negative Binomial Distribution Family Function
s

Defining smooths in VGAM formulae
expexpff

Exponentiated Exponential Distribution
yeo.johnson

Yeo-Johnson Transformation
venice

Venice Maximum Sea Levels Data
zipoisson

Zero-Inflated Poisson Distribution Family Function
logistic

Logistic Distribution Family Function
prinia

Yellow-bellied Prinia
yulesimon

Yule-Simon Family Function
simulate.vlm

Simulate Responses for VGLMs and VGAMs