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drc (version 1.7-0)

Analysis of dose-response curves

Description

Analysis of one or multiple curves with focus on concentration-response, dose-response and time-response curves used, for example in biology, environmental sciences, medicine, pharmacology, toxicology.

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install.packages('drc')

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1.7-0

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GPL (>= 2)

Maintainer

Christian Ritz

Last Published

June 8th, 2009

Functions in drc (1.7-0)

M.bahia

Effect of an effluent on the growth of mysid shrimp
RScompetition

Competition between two biotypes
drmc

Sets control arguments
auxins

Effect of technical grade and commercially formulated auxin herbicides
confint.drc

Confidence Intervals for model parameters
SI

Comparing selectivity indices across curves
S.capricornutum

Effect of cadmium on growth of green alga
MAX

Maximum mean response
gompertzd

The derivative of the Gompertz function
mrdrm

Model-robust dose-response modelling
glymet

Glyphosate and metsulfuron-methyl tested on algae.
earthworms

Earthworm toxicity test
CRS.5a

Cedergreen-Ritz-Streibig dose-reponse model for describing hormesis
leaflength

Leaf length of barley
braincousens

The Brain-Cousens hormesis models
print.summary.drc

Printing summary of non-linear model fits
mixdrc

Fitting multiple dose-response curves with random effects
diagnostics

Information on estimation
lnormal

Log-normal dose-response model
fplogistic

Fractional polynomial-logistic dose-response models
P.promelas

Effect of sodium pentachlorophenate on growth of fathead minnow
vinclozolin

Vinclozolin from AR in vitro assay
anova.drc

ANOVA for non-linear model fits
predict.drc

Prediction
ryegrass

Effect of ferulic acid on growth of ryegrass
O.mykiss

Test data from a 21 day fish test
yieldLoss

Calculating yield loss parameters
summary.drc

Summarising non-linear model fits
beetGrowth

Example of plant growth curve from Covarelli and Onofri (1998)
mecter

Mechlorprop and terbythylazine tested on Lemna minor
gompertz

Mean function for the Gompertz dose-response or growth curve
spinach

Inhibition of photosynthesis
drm

Fitting dose-response models
methionine

Weight gain for different methionine sources
mselect

Model selection
H.virescens

Mortality of tobacco budworms
CRS.4a

The Cedergreen-Ritz-Streibig model
logLik.drc

Extracting the log likelihood
gompGrowth

Gompertz growth models
residuals.drc

Extracting residuals from model
llogistic

The log-logistic function
algae

Volume of algae as function of increasing concentrations of a herbicide
nasturtium

Dose-response profile of degradation of agrochemical using nasturtium
heartrate

Heart rate baroreflexes for rabbits
fitted.drc

Extract fitted values from model
acidiq

Acifluorfen and diquat tested on Lemna minor.
LL.4

The four-parameter log-logistic function
lettuce

Isobutylalcohol in nutrient solution in which lettuce plants were grown
getInitial

Showing starting values used
AR

Asymptotic regression model
cedergreen

The Cedergreen-Ritz-Streibig model
logistic

The logistic model
compParm

Comparison of parameters
secalonic

Root length
lepidium

Dose-response profile of degradation of agrochemical using lepidium
terbuthylazin

The effect of terbuthylazin on growth rate
BC.5

The Brain-Cousens hormesis models
ED.drc

Estimating effective doses
EXD

Exponential decay model
LL.3

The three-parameter log-logistic function
MM

Michaelis-Menten model
comped

Comparison of effective dose values
print.drc

Printing key features
deguelin

Deguelin applied to chrysanthemum aphis
W1.3

The three-parameter Weibull functions
isobole

Creating isobolograms
searchdrc

Searching through a range of initial parameter values to obtain convergence
plot.drc

Plotting fitted curves for a 'drc' or 'mrdrc' object
G.aparine

Herbicide applied to Galium aparine
W1.4

The four-parameter Weibull functions
W1.2

The two-parameter Weibull functions
boxcox.drc

Transform-both-sides Box-Cox transformation
modelFit

Checking the model fot
S.alba

Potency of two herbicides
bread.drc

Bread and meat for the sandwich
maED

Estimation of ED values using model-averaging
rdrm

Simulating a dose-response curve
weibull1

Weibull model functions
baro5

The modified baro5 function
LL.5

The five-parameter log-logistic function
getMeanFunctions

Display available dose-response models
daphnids

Daphnia test
finney71

Example from Finney (1971)
PR

Expected or predicted response
coef.drc

Extract Model Coefficients
simDR

Simulating ED values under various scenarios
update.drc

Updating and re-fitting a model
ecvam

Continuous data from ECVAM
LL.2

The two-parameter log-logistic function
mixture

Fitting mixture models
vcov.drc

Calculating variance-covariance matrix for objects of class 'drc'