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VGAM (version 0.9-7)

Vector Generalized Linear and Additive Models

Description

An implementation of about 6 major classes of statistical regression models. At the heart of it are the vector generalized linear and additive model (VGLM/VGAM) classes. Many (150+) models and distributions are estimated by maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) or penalized MLE, using Fisher scoring. VGLMs can be loosely thought of as multivariate GLMs. VGAMs are data-driven VGLMs (i.e., with smoothing). The other classes are RR-VGLMs (reduced-rank VGLMs), quadratic RR-VGLMs, reduced-rank VGAMs, RCIMs (row-column interaction models)---these classes perform 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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0.9-7

License

GPL-2

Maintainer

Thomas Yee

Last Published

March 6th, 2015

Functions in VGAM (0.9-7)

AB.Ab.aB.ab

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

The Inverse Gaussian Distribution
AA.Aa.aa

The AA-Aa-aa Blood Group System
ABO

The ABO Blood Group System
Binorm

Bivariate normal distribution cumulative distribution function
A1A2A3

The A1A2A3 Blood Group System
AICvlm

Akaike's Information Criterion
bigamma.mckay

Bivariate Gamma: McKay's Distribution
V1

V1 Flying-Bombs Hits in London
beggs

Bacon and Eggs Data
Coef

Computes Model Coefficients and Quantities
Qvar

Quasi-variances Preprocessing Function
SurvS4

Create a Survival Object
bilogis

Bivariate Logistic Distribution
betabinomial

Beta-binomial Distribution Family Function
Bifgmcop

Farlie-Gumbel-Morgenstern's Bivariate Distribution
CommonVGAMffArguments

Common VGAM family function Arguments
betaprime

The Beta-Prime Distribution
SurvS4-class

Class "SurvS4"
Binom2.or

Bivariate Binary Regression with an Odds Ratio
bifgmexp

Bivariate Farlie-Gumbel-Morgenstern Exponential Distribution Family Function
Pareto

The Pareto Distribution
MNSs

The MNSs Blood Group System
bilogistic

Bivariate Logistic Distribution Family Function
Select

Select variables for a formula response or the RHS of a formula
Betageom

The Beta-Geometric Distribution
biclaytoncop

Clayton Copula (Bivariate) Family Function
BICvlm

Bayesian Information Criterion
amlnormal

Asymmetric Least Squares Quantile Regression
alaplaceUC

The Laplace Distribution
Links

Link functions for VGLM/VGAM/etc. families
Opt

Optimums
aux.posbernoulli.t

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

The Two-parameter Beta Distribution Family Function
Rcim

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

Ali-Mikhail-Haq Bivariate Distribution
Frank

Frank's Bivariate Distribution
Bort

The Borel-Tanner Distribution
biplackettcop

Plackett's Bivariate Copula Family Function
amlpoisson

Poisson Regression by Asymmetric Maximum Likelihood Estimation
Benford

Benford's Distribution
Coef.qrrvglm

Returns Important Matrices etc. of a QO Object
binormalcop

Gaussian Copula (Bivariate) Family Function
Betanorm

The Beta-Normal Distribution
Coef.qrrvglm-class

Class ``Coef.qrrvglm''
Huggins89.t1

Table 1 of Huggins (1989)
Max

Maximums
VGAM-package

Vector Generalized Linear and Additive Models
SURff

Seemingly Unrelated Regressions
auuc

Auckland University Undergraduate Counts Data
alaplace

Asymmetric Laplace Distribution Family Functions
binom2.rho

Bivariate Probit Model (Family Function)
betageometric

Beta-geometric Distribution Family Function
binomialff

Binomial Family Function
borel.tanner

Borel-Tanner Distribution Family Function
dagum

Dagum Distribution Family Function
bistudentt

Bivariate Student-t Family Function
Betabinom

The Beta-Binomial Distribution
cdf.lmscreg

Cumulative Distribution Function for LMS Quantile Regression
explog

The Exponential Logarithmic Distribution
Card

Cardioid Distribution
cao

Fitting Constrained Additive Ordination (CAO)
cauchit

Cauchit Link Function
cens.gumbel

Censored Gumbel Distribution
cgo

Redirects the user to cqo
corbet

Corbet's Butterfly Data
cumulative

Ordinal Regression with Cumulative Probabilities
explink

Exponential Link Function
Expectiles-Exponential

Expectiles of the Exponential Distribution
flourbeetle

Mortality of Flour Beetles from Carbon Disulphide
gammahyperbola

Gamma Hyperbola Bivariate Distribution
fill

Creates a Matrix of Appropriate Dimension
foldnormal

Folded Normal Distribution Family Function
expgeom

The Exponential Geometric Distribution
constraints

Constraint Matrices
brat

Bradley Terry Model
amlexponential

Exponential Regression by Asymmetric Maximum Likelihood Estimation
deermice

Captures of Peromyscus maniculatus, also known as deer mice.
finney44

Toxicity trial for insects
fff

F Distribution Family Function
Tol

Tolerances
binormal

Bivariate normal distribution family function
Hzeta

Haight's Zeta Distribution
freund61

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

The Felix Distribution
expexpff1

Exponentiated Exponential Distribution
Benini

The Benini Distribution
genbetaII

Generalized Beta Distribution of the Second Kind
concoef-methods

Constrained (Canonical) Coefficients
grc

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

Extract Model Constrained/Canonical Coefficients
biplot-methods

Biplot of Constrained Regression Models
acat

Ordinal Regression with Adjacent Categories Probabilities
gaussianff

Gaussian (normal) Family Function
betaff

The Two-parameter Beta Distribution Family Function
calibrate.qrrvglm.control

Control function for CQO/CAO calibration
expgeometric

Exponential Geometric Distribution Family Function
amlbinomial

Binomial Logistic Regression by Asymmetric Maximum Likelihood Estimation
bifrankcop

Frank's Bivariate Distribution Family Function
cens.normal

Censored Normal Distribution
Bisa

The Birnbaum-Saunders Distribution
bigumbelIexp

Gumbel's Type I Bivariate Distribution Family Function
chest.nz

Chest Pain in NZ Adults Data
gengamma.stacy

Generalized Gamma distribution family function
cens.poisson

Censored Poisson Family Function
fisk

Fisk Distribution family function
Expectiles-Uniform

Expectiles of the Uniform Distribution
double.expbinomial

Double Exponential Binomial Distribution Family Function
coefvlm

Extract Model Coefficients
clo

Redirects the user to rrvglm
deplot.lmscreg

Density Plot for LMS Quantile Regression
cloglog

Complementary Log-log Link Function
erf

Error Function, and variants
cao.control

Control Function for RR-VGAMs (CAO)
hatvalues

Hat Values and Regression Deletion Diagnostics
calibrate.qrrvglm

Calibration for CQO and CAO models
backPain

Data on Back Pain Prognosis, from Anderson (1984)
inv.gaussianff

Inverse Gaussian Distribution Family Function
Biplackett

Plackett's Bivariate Copula
crashes

Crashes on New Zealand Roads in 2009
coalminers

Breathlessness and Wheeze Amongst Coalminers Data
gompertz

Gompertz Distribution Family Function
lrtest

Likelihood Ratio Test of Nested Models
betabinomialff

Beta-binomial Distribution Family Function
Binormcop

Gaussian Copula (Bivariate) Distribution
expint

The Exponential Integral and Variants
frechet

Frechet Distribution Family Function
calibrate-methods

Calibration for Constrained Regression Models
gamma1

1-parameter Gamma Distribution
foldsqrt

Folded Square Root Link Function
fisherz

Fisher's Z Link Function
lgamma1

Log-gamma Distribution Family Function
inv.binomial

Inverse Binomial Distribution Family Function
genpoisson

Generalized Poisson distribution
golf

Gamma-Ordinal Link Function
gpdUC

The Generalized Pareto Distribution
genray

The Generalized Rayleigh Distribution
hyperg

Hypergeometric Family Function
margeff

Marginal effects for the multinomial logit and cumulative models
gengammaUC

The Generalized Gamma Distribution
logistic

Logistic Distribution Family Function
depvar

Response variable extracted
marital.nz

New Zealand Marital Data.
dirmul.old

Fitting a Dirichlet-Multinomial Distribution
Kumar

The Kumaraswamy Distribution
garma

GARMA (Generalized Autoregressive Moving-Average) Models
Lino

The Generalized Beta Distribution (Libby and Novick, 1982)
dhuber

Huber's least favourable distribution
mccullagh89

McCullagh (1989) Distribution Family Function
fittedvlm

Fitted Values of a VLM object
laplace

Laplace Distribution
Expectiles-Normal

Expectiles of the Normal Distribution
erlang

Erlang Distribution
df.residual

Residual Degrees-of-Freedom
lvplot.qrrvglm

Latent Variable Plot for QO models
expexpff

Exponentiated Exponential Distribution
chinese.nz

Chinese Population in New Zealand 1867--2001 Data
enzyme

Enzyme Data
gevUC

The Generalized Extreme Value Distribution
is.zero

Zero Constraint Matrices
linkfun.vglm

Link Functions for VGLMs
exppoisson

Exponential Poisson Distribution Family Function
lvplot.rrvglm

Latent Variable Plot for RR-VGLMs
geometric

Geometric (Truncated and Untruncated) Distributions
Posbinom

Positive-Binomial Distribution
get.smart.prediction

Retrieves ``.smart.prediction''
gev

Generalized Extreme Value Distribution Family Function
huber2

Huber's least favourable distribution family function
machinists

Machinists Accidents
cqo

Fitting Constrained Quadratic Ordination (CQO)
melbmaxtemp

melbmaxtemp daily maximum temperatures
leukemia

Acute Myelogenous Leukemia Survival Data
grain.us

Grain Prices Data in USA
perspqrrvglm

Perspective plot for QRR-VGLMs
calibrate

Model Calibrations
powerlink

Power Link Function
leipnik

Leipnik Distribution Family Function
paretoff

Pareto and Truncated Pareto Distribution Family Functions
prentice74

Prentice (1974) Log-gamma Distribution
chisq

Chi-squared Distribution
hypersecant

Hyperbolic Secant Distribution Family Function
lomax

Lomax Distribution Family Function
logit

Logit Link Function
dirmultinomial

Fitting a Dirichlet-Multinomial Distribution
cauchy

Cauchy Distribution Family Function
hunua

Hunua Ranges Data
cardioid

Cardioid Distribution Family Function
gumbel

Gumbel Distribution Family Function
cratio

Ordinal Regression with Continuation Ratios
lgammaUC

The Log-Gamma Distribution
dirichlet

Fitting a Dirichlet Distribution
Lindley

The Lindley Distribution
loge

Log link function, and variants
exppois

The Exponential Poisson Distribution
explogff

Exponential Logarithmic Distribution Family Function
model.matrixvlm

Construct the Design Matrix of a VLM Object
identitylink

Identity Link Function
double.cens.normal

Univariate Normal Distribution with Double Censoring
gumbelII

Gumbel-II Distribution Family Function
notdocumentedyet

Undocumented and Internally Used Functions and Classes
multinomial

Multinomial Logit Model
nakagami

Nakagami Distribution Family Function
Coef.rrvglm-class

Class ``Coef.rrvglm''
micmen

Michaelis-Menten Model
hspider

Hunting Spider Data
laplaceUC

The Laplace Distribution
ducklings

Relative Frequencies of Serum Proteins in white Pekin ducklings
lakeO

Annual catches on Lake Otamangakau from October 1974 to October 1989
nparam.vlm

Number of Parameters
Coef.vlm

Extract Model Coefficients for VLM Objects
mix2normal

Mixture of Two Univariate Normal Distributions
Coef.rrvglm

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

The Log-Laplace Distribution
logLik.vlm

Extract Log-likelihood for VGLMs/VGAMs/etc.
get.smart

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

The Folded-Normal Distribution
Maxwell

The Maxwell Distribution
lambertW

The Lambert W function
multilogit

Multi-logit Link Function
exponential

Exponential Distribution
olympics

2008 and 2012 Summer Olympic Final Medal Count Data
logc

Complementary-log Link Function
log1pexp

Logarithms with an Unit Offset and Exponential Term
pneumo

Pneumoconiosis in Coalminers Data
nbcanlink

Negative binomial canonical link function
oxtemp

Oxford Temperature Data
gammaR

2-parameter Gamma Distribution
lms.bcg

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

The Poisson Lognormal Distribution
poisson.points

Poisson-points-on-a-plane/volume Distances Distribution
posbernoulli.tb

Positive Bernoulli Family Function with Time and Behavioural Effects
moffset

Matrix Offset
pgamma.deriv.unscaled

Derivatives of the Incomplete Gamma Integral (Unscaled Version)
gamma2

2-parameter Gamma Distribution
rayleigh

Rayleigh Distribution Family Function
iam

Index from Array to Matrix
truncweibull

Truncated Weibull Distribution Family Function
genrayleigh

Generalized Rayleigh Distribution Family Function
Perks

The Perks Distribution
vgam.control

Control function for vgam
hormone

Hormone Assay Data
loglaplace

Log-Laplace and Logit-Laplace Distribution Family Functions
pgamma.deriv

Derivatives of the Incomplete Gamma Integral
sratio

Ordinal Regression with Stopping Ratios
posnegbinomial

Positive Negative Binomial Distribution Family Function
dlogF

log F Distribution
zapoisson

Zero-Altered Poisson Distribution
Makeham

The Makeham Distribution
gpd

Generalized Pareto Distribution Family Function
negbinomial.size

Negative Binomial Distribution Family Function With Known Size
Gumbel-II

The Gumbel-II Distribution
logoff

Log link function with an offset
is.smart

Test For a Smart Object
inv.lomax

Inverse Lomax Distribution Family Function
loglinb2

Loglinear Model for Two Binary Responses
reciprocal

Reciprocal link function
plotqrrvglm

Model Diagnostic Plots for QRR-VGLMs
lognormal

Lognormal Distribution
skewnorm

Skew-Normal Distribution
qtplot.gumbel

Quantile Plot for Gumbel Regression
yulesimon

Yule-Simon Family Function
gew

General Electric and Westinghouse Data
vsmooth.spline

Vector cubic smoothing spline
lerch

Lerch Phi Function
latvar

Latent Variables
nbolf

Negative Binomial-Ordinal Link Function
posbernUC

Positive Bernoulli Sequence Model
zipebcom

Exchangeable bivariate cloglog odds-ratio model from a zero-inflated Poisson distribution
plotdeplot.lmscreg

Density Plot for LMS Quantile Regression
plotvgam.control

Control Function for plotvgam()
Yules

Yule-Simon Distribution
plotqtplot.lmscreg

Quantile Plot for LMS Quantile Regression
posbernoulli.b

Positive Bernoulli Family Function with Behavioural Effects
probit

Probit Link Function
normal.vcm

Univariate Normal Distribution as a Varying-Coefficient Model
Zapois

Zero-Altered Poisson Distribution
slash

Slash Distribution Family Function
mix2poisson

Mixture of Two Poisson Distributions
lqnorm

Minimizing the L-q norm Family Function
negbinomial

Negative Binomial Distribution Family Function
weightsvglm

Prior and Working Weights of a VGLM fit
poissonff

Poisson Family Function
prplot

Probability Plots for Categorical Data Analysis
Inv.paralogistic

The Inverse Paralogistic Distribution
lms.yjn

LMS Quantile Regression with a Yeo-Johnson Transformation to Normality
lms.bcn

LMS Quantile Regression with a Box-Cox Transformation to Normality
guplot

Gumbel Plot
Posgeom

Positive-geometric Distribution
Posnegbin

Positive-Negative Binomial Distribution
levy

Levy Distribution Family Function
lvplot

Latent Variable Plot
gumbelUC

The Gumbel Distribution
rec.exp1

Upper Record Values from a 1-parameter Exponential Distribution
meplot

Mean Excess Plot
mix2exp

Mixture of Two Exponential Distributions
trplot.qrrvglm

Trajectory plot for QRR-VGLMs
propodds

Proportional Odds Model for Ordinal Regression
kendall.tau

Kendall's Tau Statistic
posbinomial

Positive Binomial Distribution Family Function
ParetoIV

The Pareto(IV/III/II) Distributions
Sinmad

The Singh-Maddala Distribution
prinia

Yellow-bellied Prinia
ucberk

University California Berkeley Graduate Admissions
Rice

The Rice Distribution
rrvglm.optim.control

Control function for rrvglm() calling optim()
tobit

Tobit Model
Pospois

Positive-Poisson Distribution
rrvglm

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

Predict Method for a VGLM fit
vglmff-class

Class ``vglmff''
quasibinomialff

Quasi-Binomial Family Function
weibullR

Weibull Distribution Family Function
logF

Natural Exponential Family Generalized Hyperbolic Secant Distribution Family Function
zigeometric

Zero-Inflated Geometric Distribution Family Function
vglm-class

Class ``vglm''
linkfun

Link functions
toxop

Toxoplasmosis Data
lirat

Low-iron Rat Teratology Data
plotrcim0

Main effects plot for a Row-Column Interaction Model (RCIM)
rrvglm.control

Control function for rrvglm
Posnorm

The Positive-Normal Distribution
Log

Logarithmic Distribution
rdiric

The Dirichlet distribution
loglinb3

Loglinear Model for Three Binary Responses
zeta

Riemann's Zeta Function
paralogistic

Paralogistic Distribution Family Function
smart.expression

S Expression for Smart Functions
vgam

Fitting Vector Generalized Additive Models
yeo.johnson

Yeo-Johnson Transformation
sc.studentt2

Scaled Student t Distribution with 2 df Family Function
rcqo

Constrained Quadratic Ordination
plotvgam

Default VGAM Plotting
polf

Poisson-Ordinal Link Function
vglm.control

Control function for vglm
rlplot.egev

Return Level Plot for GEV Fits
logff

Logarithmic Distribution
simplex

Simplex Distribution Family Function
predictqrrvglm

Predict Method for a CQO fit
rrar

Nested reduced-rank autoregressive models for multiple time series
s

Defining smooths in VGAM formulae
wrapup.smart

Cleans Up After Smart Prediction
posnormal

Positive Normal Distribution Family Function
zero

The zero Argument in VGAM Family Functions
skellam

Skellam Distribution Family Function
vglm

Fitting Vector Generalized Linear Models
yip88

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

Zeta Distribution Family Function
zibinomial

Zero-Inflated Binomial Distribution Family Function
benini1

Benini Distribution Family Function
model.framevlm

Construct the Model Frame of a VLM Object
undocumented-methods

Undocumented Methods Functions
zabinomial

Zero-Altered Binomial Distribution
venice

Venice Maximum Sea Levels Data
skewnormal

Univariate Skew-Normal Distribution Family Function
zanegbinomial

Zero-Altered Negative Binomial Distribution
smart.mode.is

Determine What Mode the Smart Prediction is In
smartpred

Smart Prediction
Truncpareto

The Truncated Pareto Distribution
zageometric

Zero-Altered Geometric Distribution
tikuv

Short-tailed Symmetric Distribution Family Function
zipoisson

Zero-Inflated Poisson Distribution Family Function
vonmises

von Mises Distribution Family Function
posbernoulli.t

Positive Bernoulli Family Function with Time Effects
trplot

Trajectory Plot
rhobit

Rhobit Link Function
ruge

Rutherford-Geiger Polonium Data
riceff

Rice Distribution Family Function
plotvglm

Plots for VGLMs
wine

Bitterness in Wine Data
pospoisson

Positive Poisson Distribution Family Function
zipf

Zipf Distribution Family Function
setup.smart

Smart Prediction Setup
Zabinom

Zero-Altered Binomial Distribution
quasipoissonff

Quasi-Poisson Family Function
rec.normal

Upper Record Values from a Univariate Normal Distribution
uninormal

Univariate Normal Distribution
Triangle

The Triangle Distribution
studentt

Student t Distribution
zinegbinomial

Zero-Inflated Negative Binomial Distribution Family Function
Zanegbin

Zero-Altered Negative Binomial Distribution
seq2binomial

The Two-stage Sequential Binomial Distribution Family Function
Zibinom

Zero-Inflated Binomial Distribution
Zageom

Zero-Altered Geometric Distribution
Zinegbin

Zero-Inflated Negative Binomial Distribution
betaII

Beta Distribution of the Second Kind
qtplot.lmscreg

Quantile Plot for LMS Quantile Regression
prats

Pregnant Rats Toxological Experiment Data
rrvglm-class

Class ``rrvglm''
Expectiles-sc.t2

Expectiles/Quantiles of the Scaled Student t Distribution with 2 Df
vgam-class

Class ``vgam''
bmi.nz

Body Mass Index of New Zealand Adults Data
Zipois

Zero-Inflated Poisson Distribution
waldff

Wald Distribution Family Function
bratt

Bradley Terry Model With Ties
cfibrosis

Cystic Fibrosis Data
Zigeom

Zero-Inflated Geometric Distribution
is.parallel

Parallelism Constraint Matrices
loglog

Log-log Link Function
ordpoisson

Ordinal Poisson Family Function
PoissonPoints

Poisson Points Distribution
put.smart

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

Control function for QRR-VGLMs (CQO)
rigff

Reciprocal Inverse Gaussian distribution
waitakere

Waitakere Ranges Data
simulate.vlm

Simulate Responses for VGLMs and VGAMs