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It is inspired by the article on practical identifiabiliy in the frame of nonlinear mixed-effects models by Duchesne et al (2021)."><meta name="robots" content="noindex"><!-- mathjax --><script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/mathjax/2.7.5/MathJax.js" integrity="sha256-nvJJv9wWKEm88qvoQl9ekL2J+k/RWIsaSScxxlsrv8k=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script><script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/mathjax/2.7.5/config/TeX-AMS-MML_HTMLorMML.js" integrity="sha256-84DKXVJXs0/F8OTMzX4UR909+jtl4G7SPypPavF+GfA=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script><!--[if lt IE 9]> <script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/html5shiv/3.7.3/html5shiv.min.js"></script> <script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/respond/1.4.2/respond.min.js"></script> <![endif]--></head><body data-spy="scroll" data-target="#toc"> <div class="container template-reference-topic"> <header><div class="navbar navbar-default navbar-fixed-top" role="navigation"> <div class="container"> <div class="navbar-header"> <button type="button" class="navbar-toggle collapsed" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbar" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="sr-only">Toggle navigation</span> <span class="icon-bar"></span> <span class="icon-bar"></span> <span class="icon-bar"></span> </button> <span class="navbar-brand"> <a class="navbar-link" href="../index.html">mkin</a> <span class="version label label-info" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="In-development version">1.2.4</span> </span> </div> <div id="navbar" class="navbar-collapse collapse"> <ul class="nav navbar-nav"><li> <a href="../reference/index.html">Reference</a> </li> <li class="dropdown"> <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" role="button" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false"> Articles <span class="caret"></span> </a> <ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu"><li> <a href="../articles/mkin.html">Introduction to mkin</a> </li> <li class="divider"> <li class="dropdown-header">Example evaluations with (generalised) nonlinear least squares</li> <li> <a href="../articles/FOCUS_D.html">Example evaluation of FOCUS Example Dataset D</a> </li> <li> <a href="../articles/FOCUS_L.html">Example evaluation of FOCUS Laboratory Data L1 to L3</a> </li> <li> <a href="../articles/web_only/FOCUS_Z.html">Example evaluation of FOCUS Example Dataset Z</a> </li> <li class="divider"> <li class="dropdown-header">Example evaluations with hierarchical models (nonlinear mixed-effects models)</li> <li> <a href="../articles/prebuilt/2022_dmta_parent.html">Testing hierarchical parent degradation kinetics with residue data on dimethenamid and dimethenamid-P</a> </li> <li> <a href="../articles/prebuilt/2022_dmta_pathway.html">Testing hierarchical pathway kinetics with residue data on dimethenamid and dimethenamid-P</a> </li> <li> <a href="../articles/prebuilt/2022_cyan_pathway.html">Testing hierarchical pathway kinetics with residue data on cyantraniliprole</a> </li> <li> <a href="../articles/web_only/dimethenamid_2018.html">Comparison of saemix and nlme evaluations of dimethenamid data from 2018</a> </li> <li> <a href="../articles/web_only/multistart.html">Short demo of the multistart method</a> </li> <li class="divider"> <li class="dropdown-header">Performance</li> <li> <a href="../articles/web_only/compiled_models.html">Performance benefit by using compiled model definitions in mkin</a> </li> <li> <a href="../articles/web_only/benchmarks.html">Benchmark timings for mkin</a> </li> <li> <a href="../articles/web_only/saem_benchmarks.html">Benchmark timings for saem.mmkin</a> </li> <li class="divider"> <li class="dropdown-header">Miscellaneous</li> <li> <a href="../articles/twa.html">Calculation of time weighted average concentrations with mkin</a> </li> <li> <a href="../articles/web_only/NAFTA_examples.html">Example evaluation of NAFTA SOP Attachment examples</a> </li> </ul></li> <li> <a href="../news/index.html">News</a> </li> </ul><ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right"><li> <a href="https://github.com/jranke/mkin/" class="external-link"> <span class="fab fa-github fa-lg"></span> </a> </li> </ul></div><!--/.nav-collapse --> </div><!--/.container --> </div><!--/.navbar --> </header><div class="row"> <div class="col-md-9 contents"> <div class="page-header"> <h1>Perform a hierarchical model fit with multiple starting values</h1> <small class="dont-index">Source: <a href="https://github.com/jranke/mkin/blob/HEAD/R/multistart.R" class="external-link"><code>R/multistart.R</code></a></small> <div class="hidden name"><code>multistart.Rd</code></div> </div> <div class="ref-description"> <p>The purpose of this method is to check if a certain algorithm for fitting nonlinear hierarchical models (also known as nonlinear mixed-effects models) will reliably yield results that are sufficiently similar to each other, if started with a certain range of reasonable starting parameters. It is inspired by the article on practical identifiabiliy in the frame of nonlinear mixed-effects models by Duchesne et al (2021).</p> </div> <div id="ref-usage"> <div class="sourceCode"><pre class="sourceCode r"><code><span><span class="fu">multistart</span><span class="op">(</span></span> <span> <span class="va">object</span>,</span> <span> n <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fl">50</span>,</span> <span> cores <span class="op">=</span> <span class="kw">if</span> <span class="op">(</span><span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/Sys.info.html" class="external-link">Sys.info</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="op">)</span><span class="op">[</span><span class="st">"sysname"</span><span class="op">]</span> <span class="op">==</span> <span class="st">"Windows"</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="fl">1</span> <span class="kw">else</span> <span class="fu">parallel</span><span class="fu">::</span><span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/parallel/detectCores.html" class="external-link">detectCores</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="op">)</span>,</span> <span> cluster <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">NULL</span>,</span> <span> <span class="va">...</span></span> <span><span class="op">)</span></span> <span></span> <span><span class="co"># S3 method for saem.mmkin</span></span> <span><span class="fu">multistart</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">object</span>, n <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fl">50</span>, cores <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fl">1</span>, cluster <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">NULL</span>, <span class="va">...</span><span class="op">)</span></span> <span></span> <span><span class="co"># S3 method for multistart</span></span> <span><span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/print.html" class="external-link">print</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">x</span>, <span class="va">...</span><span class="op">)</span></span> <span></span> <span><span class="fu">best</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">object</span>, <span class="va">...</span><span class="op">)</span></span> <span></span> <span><span class="co"># S3 method for default</span></span> <span><span class="fu">best</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">object</span>, <span class="va">...</span><span class="op">)</span></span> <span></span> <span><span class="fu">which.best</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">object</span>, <span class="va">...</span><span class="op">)</span></span> <span></span> <span><span class="co"># S3 method for default</span></span> <span><span class="fu">which.best</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">object</span>, <span class="va">...</span><span class="op">)</span></span></code></pre></div> </div> <div id="arguments"> <h2>Arguments</h2> <dl><dt>object</dt> <dd><p>The fit object to work with</p></dd> <dt>n</dt> <dd><p>How many different combinations of starting parameters should be used?</p></dd> <dt>cores</dt> <dd><p>How many fits should be run in parallel (only on posix platforms)?</p></dd> <dt>cluster</dt> <dd><p>A cluster as returned by <a href="https://rdrr.io/r/parallel/makeCluster.html" class="external-link">parallel::makeCluster</a> to be used for parallel execution.</p></dd> <dt>...</dt> <dd><p>Passed to the update function.</p></dd> <dt>x</dt> <dd><p>The multistart object to print</p></dd> </dl></div> <div id="value"> <h2>Value</h2> <p>A list of <a href="saem.html">saem.mmkin</a> objects, with class attributes 'multistart.saem.mmkin' and 'multistart'.</p> <p>The object with the highest likelihood</p> <p>The index of the object with the highest likelihood</p> </div> <div id="references"> <h2>References</h2> <p>Duchesne R, Guillemin A, Gandrillon O, Crauste F. Practical identifiability in the frame of nonlinear mixed effects models: the example of the in vitro erythropoiesis. BMC Bioinformatics. 2021 Oct 4;22(1):478. doi: 10.1186/s12859-021-04373-4.</p> </div> <div id="see-also"> <h2>See also</h2> <div class="dont-index"><p><a href="parplot.html">parplot</a>, <a href="llhist.html">llhist</a></p></div> </div> <div id="ref-examples"> <h2>Examples</h2> <div class="sourceCode"><pre class="sourceCode r"><code><span class="r-in"><span><span class="co"># \dontrun{</span></span></span> <span class="r-in"><span><span class="kw"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/library.html" class="external-link">library</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va"><a href="https://pkgdown.jrwb.de/mkin/">mkin</a></span><span class="op">)</span></span></span> <span class="r-in"><span><span class="va">dmta_ds</span> <span class="op"><-</span> <span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/lapply.html" class="external-link">lapply</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="fl">1</span><span class="op">:</span><span class="fl">7</span>, <span class="kw">function</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">i</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="op">{</span></span></span> <span class="r-in"><span> <span class="va">ds_i</span> <span class="op"><-</span> <span class="va">dimethenamid_2018</span><span class="op">$</span><span class="va">ds</span><span class="op">[[</span><span class="va">i</span><span class="op">]</span><span class="op">]</span><span class="op">$</span><span class="va">data</span></span></span> <span class="r-in"><span> <span class="va">ds_i</span><span class="op">[</span><span class="va">ds_i</span><span class="op">$</span><span class="va">name</span> <span class="op">==</span> <span class="st">"DMTAP"</span>, <span class="st">"name"</span><span class="op">]</span> <span class="op"><-</span> <span class="st">"DMTA"</span></span></span> <span class="r-in"><span> <span class="va">ds_i</span><span class="op">$</span><span class="va">time</span> <span class="op"><-</span> <span class="va">ds_i</span><span class="op">$</span><span class="va">time</span> <span class="op">*</span> <span class="va">dimethenamid_2018</span><span class="op">$</span><span class="va">f_time_norm</span><span class="op">[</span><span class="va">i</span><span class="op">]</span></span></span> <span class="r-in"><span> <span class="va">ds_i</span></span></span> <span class="r-in"><span><span class="op">}</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span> <span class="r-in"><span><span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/names.html" class="external-link">names</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">dmta_ds</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="op"><-</span> <span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/lapply.html" class="external-link">sapply</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">dimethenamid_2018</span><span class="op">$</span><span class="va">ds</span>, <span class="kw">function</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">ds</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="va">ds</span><span class="op">$</span><span class="va">title</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span> <span class="r-in"><span><span class="va">dmta_ds</span><span class="op">[[</span><span class="st">"Elliot"</span><span class="op">]</span><span class="op">]</span> <span class="op"><-</span> <span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/cbind.html" class="external-link">rbind</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">dmta_ds</span><span class="op">[[</span><span class="st">"Elliot 1"</span><span class="op">]</span><span class="op">]</span>, <span class="va">dmta_ds</span><span class="op">[[</span><span class="st">"Elliot 2"</span><span class="op">]</span><span class="op">]</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span> <span class="r-in"><span><span class="va">dmta_ds</span><span class="op">[[</span><span class="st">"Elliot 1"</span><span class="op">]</span><span class="op">]</span> <span class="op"><-</span> <span class="va">dmta_ds</span><span class="op">[[</span><span class="st">"Elliot 2"</span><span class="op">]</span><span class="op">]</span> <span class="op"><-</span> <span class="cn">NULL</span></span></span> <span class="r-in"><span></span></span> <span class="r-in"><span><span class="va">f_mmkin</span> <span class="op"><-</span> <span class="fu"><a href="mmkin.html">mmkin</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="st">"DFOP"</span>, <span class="va">dmta_ds</span>, error_model <span class="op">=</span> <span class="st">"tc"</span>, cores <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fl">7</span>, quiet <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">TRUE</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span> <span class="r-in"><span><span class="va">f_saem_full</span> <span class="op"><-</span> <span class="fu"><a href="saem.html">saem</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">f_mmkin</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span> <span class="r-in"><span><span class="va">f_saem_full_multi</span> <span class="op"><-</span> <span class="fu">multistart</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">f_saem_full</span>, n <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fl">16</span>, cores <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fl">16</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span> <span class="r-in"><span><span class="fu"><a href="parplot.html">parplot</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">f_saem_full_multi</span>, lpos <span class="op">=</span> <span class="st">"topleft"</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span> <span class="r-plt img"><img src="multistart-1.png" alt="" width="700" height="433"></span> <span class="r-in"><span><span class="fu"><a href="illparms.html">illparms</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">f_saem_full</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span> <span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#></span> [1] "sd(log_k2)"</span> <span class="r-in"><span></span></span> <span class="r-in"><span><span class="va">f_saem_reduced</span> <span class="op"><-</span> <span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/stats/update.html" class="external-link">update</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">f_saem_full</span>, no_random_effect <span class="op">=</span> <span class="st">"log_k2"</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span> <span class="r-in"><span><span class="fu"><a href="illparms.html">illparms</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">f_saem_reduced</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span> <span class="r-in"><span><span class="co"># On Windows, we need to create a PSOCK cluster first and refer to it</span></span></span> <span class="r-in"><span><span class="co"># in the call to multistart()</span></span></span> <span class="r-in"><span><span class="kw"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/library.html" class="external-link">library</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">parallel</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span> <span class="r-in"><span><span class="va">cl</span> <span class="op"><-</span> <span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/parallel/makeCluster.html" class="external-link">makePSOCKcluster</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="fl">12</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span> <span class="r-in"><span><span class="va">f_saem_reduced_multi</span> <span class="op"><-</span> <span class="fu">multistart</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">f_saem_reduced</span>, n <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fl">16</span>, cluster <span class="op">=</span> <span class="va">cl</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span> <span class="r-in"><span><span class="fu"><a href="parplot.html">parplot</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">f_saem_reduced_multi</span>, lpos <span class="op">=</span> <span class="st">"topright"</span>, ylim <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/c.html" class="external-link">c</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="fl">0.5</span>, <span class="fl">2</span><span class="op">)</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span> <span class="r-plt img"><img src="multistart-2.png" alt="" width="700" height="433"></span> <span class="r-in"><span><span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/parallel/makeCluster.html" class="external-link">stopCluster</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">cl</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span> <span class="r-in"><span><span class="co"># }</span></span></span> </code></pre></div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-3 hidden-xs hidden-sm" id="pkgdown-sidebar"> <nav id="toc" data-toggle="toc" class="sticky-top"><h2 data-toc-skip>Contents</h2> </nav></div> </div> <footer><div class="copyright"> <p></p><p>Developed by Johannes Ranke.</p> </div> <div class="pkgdown"> <p></p><p>Site built with <a href="https://pkgdown.r-lib.org/" class="external-link">pkgdown</a> 2.0.7.</p> </div> </footer></div> </body></html>