\name{SFO} \Rdversion{1.1} \alias{SFO} \title{ Single First-Order kinetics } \description{ Function describing exponential decline from a defined starting value. } \usage{ SFO(t, parent.0, k) } \arguments{ \item{t}{ Time. } \item{parent.0}{ Starting value for the response variable at time zero. } \item{k}{ Kinetic constant. } } \value{ The value of the response variable at time \code{t}. } \references{ FOCUS (2006) \dQuote{Guidance Document on Estimating Persistence and Degradation Kinetics from Environmental Fate Studies on Pesticides in EU Registration} Report of the FOCUS Work Group on Degradation Kinetics, EC Document Reference Sanco/10058/2005 version 2.0, 434 pp, \url{http://focus.jrc.ec.europa.eu/dk} } \author{ Johannes Ranke } \examples{ \dontrun{plot(function(x) SFO(x, 100, 3), 0, 2)} } \keyword{ manip }