LactCurveModels: Lactation Curve Model Fitting for Dairy Animals
Fits up to 20 nonlinear lactation curve models to dairy animal
milk yield data. Models fitted include exponential, polynomial, mixed
logarithmic, inverse polynomial, and sigmoid families published
between 1923 and 2000. Supports batch processing of multiple animals
from a single CSV file, with flexible selection of animals and models.
Produces per-animal parameter tables, goodness-of-fit metrics including
R-squared (R2), Root Mean Square Error (RMSE), Akaike Information
Criterion (AIC), Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC), and a serial
autocorrelation statistic, 15 diagnostic figures, and combined
cross-animal comparison outputs.
References: <doi:10.1085/jgp.5.4.441>, <doi:10.1038/216164a0>,
<doi:10.1016/0301-6226(87)90003-0>, <doi:10.4141/cjas87-067>,
<doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(00)75136-8>.
| Version: |
0.1.5 |
| Imports: |
stats, utils, grDevices, graphics |
| Suggests: |
knitr, rmarkdown, spelling |
| Published: |
2026-03-29 |
| DOI: |
10.32614/CRAN.package.LactCurveModels (may not be active yet) |
| Author: |
Raja TV [aut, cre],
Lalremruati PC [aut],
Priyadharshini P [aut],
Nidhishree NS [aut],
Dheeraj Gurjar [aut],
Rani Alex [aut],
Vikas Vohra [aut] |
| Maintainer: |
Raja TV <venkatesanraja09 at gmail.com> |
| BugReports: |
https://github.com/venkatesanraja/LactCurveModels/issues |
| License: |
GPL-3 |
| URL: |
https://github.com/venkatesanraja/LactCurveModels |
| NeedsCompilation: |
no |
| Language: |
en-GB |
| Materials: |
README |
| CRAN checks: |
LactCurveModels results |
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