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SAEM and FOCEi stabilization
A comprehensive collection of non-linear mixed effect (nlme) model algorithms:
- First Order Conditional Estimate (
FOCE)
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nlmixr(modelfn, data, "foce");- First Order Conditional Estimate with interaction (FOCEi),
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nlmixr(modelfn, data, "focei");- Adaptive Gaussian quadrature (with Laplacian approximation as a special case see
glmmandglmm2), - Stochastic Approximation Estimation-Maximization (SAEM).
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nlmixr(modelfn, data, "saem")- Traditional R
nlme
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nlmixr(modelfn, data, "nlme")Other features
- A minimalist, intuitive, expressive, and domain-specific nlme modeling language.
- The capability of joint modeling of multiple endpoints.
- A revamped SAEM engine with improved speed and stability.
- The capability of out-of-box Visual Predictive Checks (VPC) after a model fit.
- The capability of out-of-box sophisticated Clinical Trial Simulation (CTS) after a model fit.
- The capability of an out-of-box comprehensive diagnostic kit with a direct hook to xpose after a model fit.
- The capability of modeling “odd type” data, including binary data, count data, and bounded clinical endpoint (e.g., ADAS-cog has a range of 0 to 70).
- Parallel computing ODE solving via the openmp package -- an industry's first among the current population PK/PD simulators to the best of our knowledge.
- An intuitive, powerful, graphic user interface (GUI) based project manager in shinyMixR.
New in this release
This addresses a few stablitily fixes in the last release
- SAEM FOCEi objective function was fixed
- Standard Errors on FOCEi are more reasonable