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drc (version 1.9-0)

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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1.9-0

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GPL (>= 2)

Maintainer

Christian Ritz

Last Published

April 23rd, 2010

Functions in drc (1.9-0)

CRS.5a

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

Acifluorfen and diquat tested on Lemna minor.
NEC

Dose-response model for estimation of no effect concentration (NEC).
W1.3

The three-parameter Weibull functions
LL.4

The four-parameter log-logistic function
braincousens

The Brain-Cousens hormesis models
comped

Comparison of effective dose values
MAX

Maximum mean response
O.mykiss

Test data from a 21 day fish test
ED.drc

Estimating effective doses
heartrate

Heart rate baroreflexes for rabbits
daphnids

Daphnia test
leaflength

Leaf length of barley
auxins

Effect of technical grade and commercially formulated auxin herbicides
mixdrc

Fitting multiple dose-response curves with random effects
EXD

Exponential decay model
confint.drc

Confidence Intervals for model parameters
M.bahia

Effect of an effluent on the growth of mysid shrimp
LL.2

The two-parameter log-logistic function
lepidium

Dose-response profile of degradation of agrochemical using lepidium
BC.5

The Brain-Cousens hormesis models
getInitial

Showing starting values used
LL.5

The five-parameter log-logistic function
BIC

Bayesian Information Criterion for dose-response models
mixture

Fitting mixture models
modelFit

Checking the model fot
deguelin

Deguelin applied to chrysanthemum aphis
AR

Asymptotic regression model
beetGrowth

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

Weight gain for different methionine sources
P.promelas

Effect of sodium pentachlorophenate on growth of fathead minnow
spinach

Inhibition of photosynthesis
RScompetition

Competition between two biotypes
yieldLoss

Calculating yield loss parameters
S.capricornutum

Effect of cadmium on growth of green alga
predict.drc

Prediction
residuals.drc

Extracting residuals from model
print.drc

Printing key features
secalonic

Root length measurements
PR

Expected or predicted response
summary.drc

Summarising non-linear model fits
LL.3

The three-parameter log-logistic function
baro5

The modified baro5 function
fplogistic

Fractional polynomial-logistic dose-response models
twophase

Two-phase dose-response model
drm

Fitting dose-response models
gompertzd

The derivative of the Gompertz function
G.aparine

Herbicide applied to Galium aparine
lettuce

Isobutylalcohol in nutrient solution in which lettuce plants were grown
ecvam

Continuous data from ECVAM
print.summary.drc

Printing summary of non-linear model fits
searchdrc

Searching through a range of initial parameter values to obtain convergence
simDR

Simulating ED values under various scenarios
coef.drc

Extract Model Coefficients
maED

Estimation of ED values using model-averaging
vinclozolin

Vinclozolin from AR in vitro assay
isobole

Creating isobolograms
logistic

The logistic model
neill.test

Neill's lack-of-fit test for dose-response models
mrdrm

Model-robust dose-response modelling
mselect

Model selection
llogistic

The log-logistic function
terbuthylazin

The effect of terbuthylazin on growth rate
glymet

Glyphosate and metsulfuron-methyl tested on algae.
diagnostics

Information on estimation
cedergreen

The Cedergreen-Ritz-Streibig model
lnormal

Log-normal dose-response model
ryegrass

Effect of ferulic acid on growth of ryegrass
nasturtium

Dose-response profile of degradation of agrochemical using nasturtium
weibull1

Weibull model functions
rdrm

Simulating a dose-response curve
drmc

Sets control arguments
H.virescens

Mortality of tobacco budworms
mecter

Mechlorprop and terbythylazine tested on Lemna minor
boxcox.drc

Transform-both-sides Box-Cox transformation
etmotc

Effect of erythromycin on mixed sewage microorganisms
logLik.drc

Extracting the log likelihood
algae

Volume of algae as function of increasing concentrations of a herbicide
update.drc

Updating and re-fitting a model
CRS.4a

The Cedergreen-Ritz-Streibig model
fitted.drc

Extract fitted values from model
SI

Comparing selectivity indices across curves
BIC-methods

Bayesian Information Criterion for dose-response models
S.alba

Potency of two herbicides
W1.2

The two-parameter Weibull functions
getMeanFunctions

Display available dose-response models
gompGrowth

Gompertz growth models
finney71

Example from Finney (1971)
mr.test

Mizon-Richard test for dose-response models
earthworms

Earthworm toxicity test
anova.drc

ANOVA for dose-response model fits
MM

Michaelis-Menten model
W1.4

The four-parameter Weibull functions
bread.drc

Bread and meat for the sandwich
gompertz

Mean function for the Gompertz dose-response or growth curve
lin.test

Lack-of-fit test for the mean structure based on cumulated residuals
compParm

Comparison of parameters
vcov.drc

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

Plotting fitted curves for a 'drc' or 'mrdrc' object
ursa

Model function for the universal response surface approach (URSA) for the quantitative assessment of drug interaction