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authorJohannes Ranke <jranke@uni-bremen.de>2020-05-12 08:07:07 +0200
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@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@
\name{mkinfit}
\alias{mkinfit}
\title{Fit a kinetic model to data with one or more state variables}
-\source{
-Rocke, David M. und Lorenzato, Stefan (1995) A two-component model
- for measurement error in analytical chemistry. Technometrics 37(2), 176-184.
-}
\usage{
mkinfit(
mkinmod,
@@ -53,16 +49,16 @@ not observed in degradation data, because there is a lower limit of
detection.}
\item{parms.ini}{A named vector of initial values for the parameters,
- including parameters to be optimised and potentially also fixed parameters
- as indicated by \code{fixed_parms}. If set to "auto", initial values for
- rate constants are set to default values. Using parameter names that are
- not in the model gives an error.
+including parameters to be optimised and potentially also fixed parameters
+as indicated by \code{fixed_parms}. If set to "auto", initial values for
+rate constants are set to default values. Using parameter names that are
+not in the model gives an error.
- It is possible to only specify a subset of the parameters that the model
- needs. You can use the parameter lists "bparms.ode" from a previously
- fitted model, which contains the differential equation parameters from
- this model. This works nicely if the models are nested. An example is
- given below.}
+It is possible to only specify a subset of the parameters that the model
+needs. You can use the parameter lists "bparms.ode" from a previously
+fitted model, which contains the differential equation parameters from
+this model. This works nicely if the models are nested. An example is
+given below.}
\item{state.ini}{A named vector of initial values for the state variables of
the model. In case the observed variables are represented by more than one
@@ -141,48 +137,50 @@ is 1e-8, lower than in \code{\link{lsoda}}.}
is 1e-10, much lower than in \code{\link{lsoda}}.}
\item{error_model}{If the error model is "const", a constant standard
- deviation is assumed.
+deviation is assumed.
- If the error model is "obs", each observed variable is assumed to have its
- own variance.
+If the error model is "obs", each observed variable is assumed to have its
+own variance.
- If the error model is "tc" (two-component error model), a two component
- error model similar to the one described by Rocke and Lorenzato (1995) is
- used for setting up the likelihood function. Note that this model
- deviates from the model by Rocke and Lorenzato, as their model implies
- that the errors follow a lognormal distribution for large values, not a
- normal distribution as assumed by this method.}
+If the error model is "tc" (two-component error model), a two component
+error model similar to the one described by Rocke and Lorenzato (1995) is
+used for setting up the likelihood function. Note that this model
+deviates from the model by Rocke and Lorenzato, as their model implies
+that the errors follow a lognormal distribution for large values, not a
+normal distribution as assumed by this method.}
\item{error_model_algorithm}{If "auto", the selected algorithm depends on
- the error model. If the error model is "const", unweighted nonlinear
- least squares fitting ("OLS") is selected. If the error model is "obs", or
- "tc", the "d_3" algorithm is selected.
-
- The algorithm "d_3" will directly minimize the negative log-likelihood and
- - independently - also use the three step algorithm described below. The
- fit with the higher likelihood is returned.
+the error model. If the error model is "const", unweighted nonlinear
+least squares fitting ("OLS") is selected. If the error model is "obs", or
+"tc", the "d_3" algorithm is selected.
+
+The algorithm "d_3" will directly minimize the negative log-likelihood and
+\itemize{
+\item independently - also use the three step algorithm described below. The
+fit with the higher likelihood is returned.
+}
- The algorithm "direct" will directly minimize the negative log-likelihood.
+The algorithm "direct" will directly minimize the negative log-likelihood.
- The algorithm "twostep" will minimize the negative log-likelihood after an
- initial unweighted least squares optimisation step.
+The algorithm "twostep" will minimize the negative log-likelihood after an
+initial unweighted least squares optimisation step.
- The algorithm "threestep" starts with unweighted least squares, then
- optimizes only the error model using the degradation model parameters
- found, and then minimizes the negative log-likelihood with free
- degradation and error model parameters.
+The algorithm "threestep" starts with unweighted least squares, then
+optimizes only the error model using the degradation model parameters
+found, and then minimizes the negative log-likelihood with free
+degradation and error model parameters.
- The algorithm "fourstep" starts with unweighted least squares, then
- optimizes only the error model using the degradation model parameters
- found, then optimizes the degradation model again with fixed error model
- parameters, and finally minimizes the negative log-likelihood with free
- degradation and error model parameters.
+The algorithm "fourstep" starts with unweighted least squares, then
+optimizes only the error model using the degradation model parameters
+found, then optimizes the degradation model again with fixed error model
+parameters, and finally minimizes the negative log-likelihood with free
+degradation and error model parameters.
- The algorithm "IRLS" (Iteratively Reweighted Least Squares) starts with
- unweighted least squares, and then iterates optimization of the error
- model parameters and subsequent optimization of the degradation model
- using those error model parameters, until the error model parameters
- converge.}
+The algorithm "IRLS" (Iteratively Reweighted Least Squares) starts with
+unweighted least squares, and then iterates optimization of the error
+model parameters and subsequent optimization of the degradation model
+using those error model parameters, until the error model parameters
+converge.}
\item{reweight.tol}{Tolerance for the convergence criterion calculated from
the error model parameters in IRLS fits.}
@@ -196,7 +194,7 @@ the error model parameters in IRLS fits.}
}
\value{
A list with "mkinfit" in the class attribute. A summary can be
- obtained by \code{\link{summary.mkinfit}}.
+obtained by \code{\link{summary.mkinfit}}.
}
\description{
This function maximises the likelihood of the observed data using the Port
@@ -214,9 +212,9 @@ estimators.
}
\note{
When using the "IORE" submodel for metabolites, fitting with
- "transform_rates = TRUE" (the default) often leads to failures of the
- numerical ODE solver. In this situation it may help to switch off the
- internal rate transformation.
+"transform_rates = TRUE" (the default) often leads to failures of the
+numerical ODE solver. In this situation it may help to switch off the
+internal rate transformation.
}
\examples{
@@ -268,7 +266,7 @@ fit.SFORB_SFO <- mkinfit(SFORB_SFO, FOCUS_2006_D, parms.ini = fit.SFORB$bparms.o
}
\dontrun{
-# Weighted fits, including IRLS
+# Weighted fits, including IRLS (error_model = "obs")
SFO_SFO.ff <- mkinmod(parent = mkinsub("SFO", "m1"),
m1 = mkinsub("SFO"), use_of_ff = "max")
f.noweight <- mkinfit(SFO_SFO.ff, FOCUS_2006_D, quiet = TRUE)
@@ -281,15 +279,23 @@ summary(f.tc)
}
+\references{
+Rocke DM and Lorenzato S (1995) A two-component model
+for measurement error in analytical chemistry. \emph{Technometrics} 37(2), 176-184.
+
+Ranke J and Meinecke S (2019) Error Models for the Kinetic Evaluation of Chemical
+Degradation Data. \emph{Environments} 6(12) 124
+\href{https://doi.org/10.3390/environments6120124}{doi:10.3390/environments6120124}.
+}
\seealso{
Plotting methods \code{\link{plot.mkinfit}} and
- \code{\link{mkinparplot}}.
+\code{\link{mkinparplot}}.
- Comparisons of models fitted to the same data can be made using
- \code{\link{AIC}} by virtue of the method \code{\link{logLik.mkinfit}}.
+Comparisons of models fitted to the same data can be made using
+\code{\link{AIC}} by virtue of the method \code{\link{logLik.mkinfit}}.
- Fitting of several models to several datasets in a single call to
- \code{\link{mmkin}}.
+Fitting of several models to several datasets in a single call to
+\code{\link{mmkin}}.
}
\author{
Johannes Ranke

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