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author | jranke <jranke@edb9625f-4e0d-4859-8d74-9fd3b1da38cb> | 2013-11-12 02:00:42 +0000 |
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committer | jranke <jranke@edb9625f-4e0d-4859-8d74-9fd3b1da38cb> | 2013-11-12 02:00:42 +0000 |
commit | dada8d03ee3ac263f803e008ff2f9f74bd01469f (patch) | |
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parent | 1e1025009d488e942fd2ab49eb70997537664f1f (diff) | |
parent | 1410eaff939bd84a3ddc306b6660f3fde6855339 (diff) |
Merge branch 'master' into r-forge
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@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ or the package vignettes referenced from the componenent for each of the observed variables will be optimised in a second stage after the primary optimisation algorithm has converged. -## Credits + +## Credits and historical remarks `mkin` would not be possible without the underlying software stack consisting of R and the packages [deSolve](http://cran.r-project.org/package=deSolve), @@ -88,26 +89,32 @@ of R and the packages [deSolve](http://cran.r-project.org/package=deSolve), Also, it was inspired by the first version of KinGUI developed by BayerCropScience, which is based on the MatLab runtime environment. -Bayer has developed a successor named KinGUII whose R code is based on `mkin`, but which -added, amongst other refinements, a closed source graphical user interface -(GUI), iteratively reweighted least squares (IRLS) optimisation of the variance -for each of the observed variables, and Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) -simulation functionality, similar to what is available e.g. in the `FME` -package. - -Syngenta has sponsored the development of an `mkin` (and KinGUII?) based GUI -application called CAKE, which adds IRLS and MCMC, is more limited in the model -formulation, but puts more weight on usability. CAKE is available for download -from the [CAKE website](http://projects.tessella.com/cake), where you can also +The companion package [kinfit](http://kinfit.r-forge.r-project.org/kinfit_static/index.html) was [started in 2008](https://r-forge.r-project.org/scm/viewvc.php?view=rev&root=kinfit&revision=2) and +[first published on +CRAN](http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/kinfit/) on 01 May +2010. + +The first `mkin` code was [published on 11 May 2010](https://r-forge.r-project.org/scm/viewvc.php?view=rev&root=kinfit&revision=8) and the +[first CRAN version](http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/mkin) +on 18 May 2010. + +After this, Bayer has developed an R based successor to KinGUI named KinGUII +whose R code is based on `mkin`, but which added, amongst other refinements, a +closed source graphical user interface (GUI), iteratively reweighted least +squares (IRLS) optimisation of the variance for each of the observed +variables, and Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) simulation functionality, +similar to what is available e.g. in the `FME` package. + +Somewhat in parallel, Syngenta has sponsored the development of an `mkin` (and +KinGUII?) based GUI application called CAKE, which also adds IRLS and MCMC, is +more limited in the model formulation, but puts more weight on usability. +CAKE is available for download from the [CAKE +website](http://projects.tessella.com/cake), where you can also find a zip archive of the R scripts derived from `mkin`, published under the GPL license. Finally, I just (2013-11-11) noticed the github repositories [StudyKin](http://github.com/zhenglei-gao/StudyKin) and [KineticEval](http://github.com/zhenglei-gao/KineticEval), the latter of which appears to be -<<<<<<< HEAD -actively developed. -======= actively developed, so the different tools will hopefully be able to learn from each other in the future as well. ->>>>>>> master |