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Develop and Use Modular Health Economic Models

A template model module, tools to help find model modules derived from this template and a programming syntax to use these modules in health economic analyses. These elements are the foundation for a prototype software framework for developing living and transferable models and using those models in reproducible health economic analyses. The software framework is extended by other R libraries. For detailed documentation about the framework and how to use it visit https://www.ready4-dev.com/. For a background to the methodological issues that the framework is attempting to help solve, see Hamilton et al. (2024) https://doi.org/10.1007/s40273-024-01378-8.

To install a development version of this software, run the following commands in your R console:

utils::install.packages("devtools")

devtools::install_github("ready4-dev/ready4")

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install.packages('ready4')

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Version

0.1.19

License

GPL-3

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Pull Requests

Stars

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Repository

https://github.com/ready4-dev/ready4

Homepage

https://ready4-dev.github.io/ready4/

Maintainer

Matthew Hamilton

Last Published

December 10th, 2025

Functions in ready4 (0.1.19)

bind_tables_from_loc_files

Bind tables from local files

get_functions_tb

Get functions tibble

get_dv_fls_urls

Get dataverse files urls

investigateSlot

Apply the investigate method to a model module slot

Get github repositories

Get data from the internet with graceful failure

Investigate solutions to an inverse problem

Depict (plot) features of model module data

Apply the depict method to a model module slot

Enhance a model module by adding new elements

get_libraries_tb

Get a table of ready4 libraries

Apply the enhance method to a model module slot

Dot Data function

get_digits_from_text

Get digits from text

Deprecated function

get_subroutine_repos

Get subroutine repositories

get_libraries_ls

Get libraries list

get_table_from_loc_file

Get table from local file

Exhibit features of model module data by printing them to the R console

get_excluded_repos

Get excluded repositories

make_datasets_tb

Make a tabular summary of ready4 model data collections

make_methods_tb

Make a tabular summary of methods associated with ready model modules

make_ds_releases_tbl

Make a tabular summary of release history of ready4 model data collections

make_modules_pkgs_chr

Make modules packages character vector

Apply the exhibit method to a model module slot

get_source_code_urls

Get source code urls

get_fl_extension

Get file extension

get_fl_id_from_dv_ls

Get file identity from dataverse list

Apply the ingest method to a model module slot

make_fn_defaults_ls

Make function defaults list

Get a table of methods associated with ready4 model modules

make_framework_pkgs_chr

Make framework packages character vector

Print a table of ready4 libraries

Get a table of ready4 model modules

Renew (update) values

get_rds_from_dv

Get rds from dataverse

make_libraries_ls

Make libraries list

make_modules_tb

Make a tabular summary of ready4 model modules and sub-modules

make_programs_tbl

Make a tabular summary of programs using ready4 model modules

get_fl_nm_from_path

Get file name from path

Get badges lookup table

make_libraries_tb

Make libraries tibble

Renew (set) the values of data in a module slot

Print a table of ready4 model data collections

Manufacture a new object

Prognosticate (make predictions) by solving a forward problem

get_mthd_titles

Get method titles

Apply the ratify method to a model module slot

Ratify that input or output data meet validity criteria

make_code_releases_tbl

Make a tabular summary of release history of ready4 code libraries and executables

get_r4_obj_slots

Get ready4 module object slots

transform_cls_type_ls

Transform class type list

transform_chr_to_num

Transform character vector to numeric

Print dataverses

Apply the reckon method to a model module slot

get_from_lup_obj

Get a value from a lookup table

make_additions_tb

Make additions tibble

write_fls_from_dv

Write files from dataverse

remove_lbls_from_df

Remove labels from dataframe

update_libraries_tb

Update libraries tibble

make_list_phrase

Make list phrase

update_libraries_ls

Update libraries list

metamorphoseSlot

Apply the metamorphose method to a model module slot

Procure data from a model module

Non standard evaluation assignment function

print_vignettes

Print vignettes

make_local_path_to_dv_data

Make local path to dataverse data

write_to_edit_workflow

Write to edit workflow

get_manual_urls

Get manual urls

rowbind_all_tbs_in_r4_obj

Rowbind all tibbles in ready4 module object

Get the methods associated with a ready4 model module

manufactureSlot

Apply the manufacture method to a model module slot

Make files tibble

Make datasets tibble

Print a table of methods associated with ready4 model modules

Metamorphose a model module to a model module of a different (non-inheriting) class

prognosticateSlot

Apply the prognosticate method to a model module slot

write_new_credentials

Write new credentials

Print a table of ready4 model modules

ready4: Develop and Use Modular Health Economic Models

rowbind_tbs_in_r4_obj

Rowbind tibbles in ready4 module object

write_ingested_dv_fl

Write ingested dataverse file

write_citation_cff

Write citation cff

write_conditional_tags

Write conditional tags

Reckon (calculate) a value

Share data via an online repository

Procure (get) data from a slot

write_to_delete_fls

Write to delete files

update_pt_fn_args_ls

Update prototype function arguments list

write_library_metadata

Write library metadata

Write new directories

write_dv_fl_to_loc

Write dataverse file to local

write_to_dv_from_tbl

Write to dataverse from table

Update tibble ready4 submodule

Write ready4 software development local directories

write_to_dv_with_wait

Write to dataverse with wait

Apply the share method to a model module slot

write_to_copy_rmds

Write a local copy of RMD or Rmarkdown files

write_prj_outp_dirs

Write project output directories

write_to_delete_dirs

Write to delete directories

write_fls_to_dv

Write files to dataverse

write_tb_to_csv

Write tibble to comma separated variables file

write_all_tbs_in_tbs_r4_to_csvs

Write all tibbles in tibbles ready4 module to comma separated variables files

write_fls_to_repo

Write files to repository

Write from temporary

write_extra_pkgs_to_actions

Write extra packages to actions

write_blog_entries

Write blog entries

write_to_force_links_in

Write to force links in

write_to_publish_dv_ds

Write to publish dataverse dataset

write_to_render_post

Write ready4 model documentation website page from an RMD or Rmarkdown file

write_with_consent

Write with consent

write_to_trim_html

Write to trim html

write_obj_with_prompt

Write object with prompt

write_env_objs_to_dv

Write environment objects to dataverse

write_new_files

Write new files

add_rows_from_fn_args

Add rows from function arguments

Author and save files

Ready4Public-class

Ready4Private-class

Ready4Project-class

Ready4Module-class

authorFunctions

Author and document functions

Author and save a report

Author and document classes

Author and document datasets

Apply the author method to a model module slot

add_vignette_links

Add vignette links

Add lookup tables

Characterize model module data by generating (tabular) descriptive statistics

get_cls_extensions

Get class extensions

get_datasets_tb

Get datasets tibble

characterizeSlot

Apply the characterize method to a model module slot