Partitioning of Individual Autozygosity into Multiple Homozygous-by-Descent Classes

Functions to identify Homozygous-by-Descent (HBD) segments associated with runs of homozygosity (ROH) and to estimate individual autozygosity (or inbreeding coefficient). HBD segments and autozygosity are assigned to multiple HBD classes with a model-based approach relying on a mixture of exponential distributions. The rate of the exponential distribution is distinct for each HBD class and defines the expected length of the HBD segments. These HBD classes are therefore related to the age of the segments (longer segments and smaller rates for recent autozygosity / recent common ancestor). The functions allow to estimate the parameters of the model (rates of the exponential distributions, mixing proportions), to estimate global and local autozygosity probabilities and to identify HBD segments with the Viterbi decoding. The method is fully described in Druet and Gautier (2017) and Druet and Gautier (2022) .

Functions to Simplify the Use of 'glmnet' for Machine Learning

Provides several functions to simplify using the 'glmnet' package: converting data frames into matrices ready for 'glmnet'; b) imputing missing variables multiple times; c) fitting and applying prediction models straightforwardly; d) assigning observations to folds in a balanced way; e) cross-validate the models; f) selecting the most representative model across imputations and folds; and g) getting the relevance of the model regressors; as described in several publications: Solanes et al. (2022) , Palau et al. (2023) , Salazar de Pablo et al. (2025) .

Interface R to MPFR - Multiple Precision Floating-Point Reliable

Arithmetic (via S4 classes and methods) for arbitrary precision floating point numbers, including transcendental ("special") functions. To this end, the package interfaces to the 'LGPL' licensed 'MPFR' (Multiple Precision Floating-Point Reliable) Library which itself is based on the 'GMP' (GNU Multiple Precision) Library.

Extended Model Formulas

Infrastructure for extended formulas with multiple parts on the right-hand side and/or multiple responses on the left-hand side (see ).

Spatial Generalised Linear Mixed Models for Areal Unit Data

Implements a class of univariate and multivariate spatial generalised linear mixed models for areal unit data, with inference in a Bayesian setting using Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) simulation using a single or multiple Markov chains. The response variable can be binomial, Gaussian, multinomial, Poisson or zero-inflated Poisson (ZIP), and spatial autocorrelation is modelled by a set of random effects that are assigned a conditional autoregressive (CAR) prior distribution. A number of different models are available for univariate spatial data, including models with no random effects as well as random effects modelled by different types of CAR prior, including the BYM model (Besag et al., 1991, ) and Leroux model (Leroux et al., 2000, ). Additionally, a multivariate CAR (MCAR) model for multivariate spatial data is available, as is a two-level hierarchical model for modelling data relating to individuals within areas. Full details are given in the vignette accompanying this package. The initial creation of this package was supported by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) grant RES-000-22-4256, and on-going development has been supported by the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) grant EP/J017442/1, ESRC grant ES/K006460/1, Innovate UK / Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) grant NE/N007352/1 and the TB Alliance.

Programmatic Utilities for Manipulating Formulas, Expressions, Calls, Assignments and Other R Objects

These utilities facilitate the programmatic manipulations of formulas, expressions, calls, assignments and other R language objects. These objects all share the same structure: a left-hand side, operator and right-hand side. This packages provides methods for accessing and modifying this structures as well as extracting and replacing names and symbols from these objects.

Phase I/II CRM Based Drug Combination Design

Implements the adaptive designs for integrated phase I/II trials of drug combinations via continual reassessment method (CRM) to evaluate toxicity and efficacy simultaneously for each enrolled patient cohort based on Bayesian inference. It supports patients assignment guidance in a single trial using current enrolled data, as well as conducting extensive simulation studies to evaluate operating characteristics before the trial starts. It includes various link functions such as empiric, one-parameter logistic, two-parameter logistic, and hyperbolic tangent, as well as considering multiple prior distributions of the parameters like normal distribution, gamma distribution and exponential distribution to accommodate diverse clinical scenarios. Method using Bayesian framework with empiric link function is described in: Wages and Conaway (2014) .

Read Spectroscopic Data from Bruker OPUS Binary Files

Reads data from Bruker OPUS binary files of Fourier-Transform infrared spectrometers of the company Bruker Optics GmbH & Co. This package is released independently from Bruker, and Bruker and OPUS are registered trademarks of Bruker Optics GmbH & Co. KG. < https://www.bruker.com/en/products-and-solutions/infrared-and-raman/opus-spectroscopy-software/latest-release.html>. It lets you import both measurement data and parameters from OPUS files. The main method is `read_opus()`, which reads one or multiple OPUS files into a standardized list class. Behind the scenes, the reader parses the file header for assigning spectral blocks and reading binary data from the respective byte positions, using a reverse engineering approach. Infrared spectroscopy combined with chemometrics and machine learning is an established method to scale up chemical diagnostics in various industries and scientific fields.

Mixed GAM Computation Vehicle with Automatic Smoothness Estimation

Generalized additive (mixed) models, some of their extensions and other generalized ridge regression with multiple smoothing parameter estimation by (Restricted) Marginal Likelihood, Cross Validation and similar, or using iterated nested Laplace approximation for fully Bayesian inference. See Wood (2025) for an overview. Includes a gam() function, a wide variety of smoothers, 'JAGS' support and distributions beyond the exponential family.

Consensus Clustering Methods for Multiple Imputed Data

Provides tools for performing consensus clustering on multiple imputed datasets. The package supports a range of clustering algorithms across imputations, including hierarchical methods (e.g., Ward, single, complete, average) and partition-based approaches such as k-means, k-medoids (PAM), fuzzy clustering, model-based clustering ('mclust'), and methods for mixed or categorical data (k-modes and k-prototypes). A co-assignment matrix is constructed to quantify agreement between partitions, and consensus solutions are derived via hierarchical clustering applied to the resulting dissimilarity matrix. Additional functions are provided for validation and visualization of clustering results, facilitating robust analysis in the presence of missing data. Consensus clustering framework is based on Monti et al. (2003) , rank aggregation methods follow Pihur et al. (2007) , and the PAC (Proportion of Ambiguous Clustering) metric is based on Senbabaoglu et al. (2014) .