DecompHoriuchi

R implementation of Horiuchi's proposal for continuous decomposition

Superceded by DemoDecomp

DecompHoriuchi will no longer be maintained. I changed the name to DemoDecomp because the package now contains two general methods, so it didn't make sense to name for just one of them. I also took the chance to modernize the repo a bit with automatic checks. These methods really are applicable to diverse analyses, so I'd like to demonstrate some out-of-the-box applications to give a sense.

The main changes from DecompHoriuchi to DemoDecomp are that the arguments rates1 and rates2 are now pars1 and pars2, respectively. i.e. we're not always decomposing rates, no why not make it more general? Also the only Horiuchi function here is DecompContinuousOrig() (the one taking all parameters in a single vector), and it has been renamed to horiuchi(). Less typing that way. For now all examples the same. DecompHoriuchi will remain here in this state for the foreseeable future, and any new developments will happen in DemoDecomp.

Installation

To download the most recent version of LifeTable:

1. make sure you have the most recent version of R
2. look at the notes below if you're on Windows or Mac.

Download the zip ball or tar ball, decompress and run R CMD INSTALL on it in the terminal command line, or use the devtools package to install the development version:

# install.packages("devtools")

library(devtools)
install_github("timriffe/DecompHoriuchi/DecompHoriuchi")

Note: Windows users need Rtools to install from github as shown above. Get the most recent version of R for Windows and download and install the version of Rtools that corresponds to it.

Note: Mac users might be required to install the appropriate version XTools from the Apple Developer site in order to install the development version. You may need to register as an Apple developer. An older version of XTools may also be required.