lifeCycle: Life Cycle Analysis with Logistic Growth Model

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Life Cycle Analysis with Logistic Growth Model

Description

Estimates logistic growth model for annual (non-cumulative) publications following Meyer et al. (1999) methodology

Usage

lifeCycle(data, forecast_years = 5, plot = TRUE, verbose = FALSE)

Arguments

data	Data frame with columns: year (PY) and number of publications (n)
forecast_years	Number of years to forecast beyond saturation
plot	Logical, if TRUE produces plots
verbose	Logical, if TRUE prints detailed output

Value

List containing parameters, forecasts and metrics

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