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drc (version 1.9-3)

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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1.9-3

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GPL (>= 2)

Maintainer

Christian Ritz

Last Published

May 31st, 2010

Functions in drc (1.9-3)

EXD

Exponential decay model
M.bahia

Effect of an effluent on the growth of mysid shrimp
drm

Fitting dose-response models
MM

Michaelis-Menten model
BIC

Bayesian Information Criterion for dose-response models
LL.4

The four-parameter log-logistic function
leaflength

Leaf length of barley
algae

Volume of algae as function of increasing concentrations of a herbicide
H.virescens

Mortality of tobacco budworms
deguelin

Deguelin applied to chrysanthemum aphis
P.promelas

Effect of sodium pentachlorophenate on growth of fathead minnow
finney71

Example from Finney (1971)
W1.3

The three-parameter Weibull functions
NEC

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

Comparison of effective dose values
glymet

Glyphosate and metsulfuron-methyl tested on algae.
G.aparine

Herbicide applied to Galium aparine
MAX

Maximum mean response
etmotc

Effect of erythromycin on mixed sewage microorganisms
getMeanFunctions

Display available dose-response models
mecter

Mechlorprop and terbythylazine tested on Lemna minor
daphnids

Daphnia test
terbuthylazin

The effect of terbuthylazin on growth rate
fplogistic

Fractional polynomial-logistic dose-response models
neill.test

Neill's lack-of-fit test for dose-response models
BC.5

The Brain-Cousens hormesis models
vcov.drc

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

Printing summary of non-linear model fits
fitted.drc

Extract fitted values from model
auxins

Effect of technical grade and commercially formulated auxin herbicides
LL.2

The two-parameter log-logistic function
secalonic

Root length measurements
BIC-methods

Bayesian Information Criterion for dose-response models
heartrate

Heart rate baroreflexes for rabbits
logistic

The logistic model
drmc

Sets control arguments
coef.drc

Extract Model Coefficients
methionine

Weight gain for different methionine sources
gompertzd

The derivative of the Gompertz function
vinclozolin

Vinclozolin from AR in vitro assay
W1.2

The two-parameter Weibull functions
summary.drc

Summarising non-linear model fits
ursa

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

Simulating a dose-response curve
mixture

Fitting mixture models
CRS.4a

The Cedergreen-Ritz-Streibig model
mr.test

Mizon-Richard test for dose-response models
weibull1

Weibull model functions
twophase

Two-phase dose-response model
print.drc

Printing key features
braincousens

The Brain-Cousens hormesis models
getInitial

Showing starting values used
gompGrowth

Gompertz growth models
W1.4

The four-parameter Weibull functions
cedergreen

The Cedergreen-Ritz-Streibig model
update.drc

Updating and re-fitting a model
logLik.drc

Extracting the log likelihood
ED.drc

Estimating effective doses
earthworms

Earthworm toxicity test
predict.drc

Prediction
boxcox.drc

Transform-both-sides Box-Cox transformation
compParm

Comparison of parameters
lnormal

Log-normal dose-response model
RScompetition

Competition between two biotypes
isobole

Creating isobolograms
residuals.drc

Extracting residuals from model
SI

Comparing selectivity indices across curves
S.capricornutum

Effect of cadmium on growth of green alga
nasturtium

Dose-response profile of degradation of agrochemical using nasturtium
S.alba

Potency of two herbicides
lettuce

Isobutylalcohol in nutrient solution in which lettuce plants were grown
simDR

Simulating ED values under various scenarios
yieldLoss

Calculating yield loss parameters
mselect

Model selection
plot.drc

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

Effect of ferulic acid on growth of ryegrass
gompertz

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

The log-logistic function
maED

Estimation of ED values using model-averaging
AR

Asymptotic regression model
PR

Expected or predicted response
acidiq

Acifluorfen and diquat tested on Lemna minor.
anova.drc

ANOVA for dose-response model fits
beetGrowth

Example of plant growth curve from Covarelli and Onofri (1998)
lin.test

Lack-of-fit test for the mean structure based on cumulated residuals
confint.drc

Confidence Intervals for model parameters
mrdrm

Model-robust dose-response modelling
modelFit

Checking the model fot
spinach

Inhibition of photosynthesis
searchdrc

Searching through a range of initial parameter values to obtain convergence
CRS.5a

Cedergreen-Ritz-Streibig dose-reponse model for describing hormesis
O.mykiss

Test data from a 21 day fish test
LL.3

The three-parameter log-logistic function
LL.5

The five-parameter log-logistic function
baro5

The modified baro5 function
bread.drc

Bread and meat for the sandwich
diagnostics

Information on estimation
lepidium

Dose-response profile of degradation of agrochemical using lepidium