MSEtool: Management Strategy Evaluation Toolkit

#' Management Strategy Evaluation
#'
#' Simulation tools for management strategy evaluation are provided for the DLMtool operating model to inform data-rich fisheries.
#' MSEtool provides complementary assessment models of varying complexity with standardized reporting, diagnostic tools for evaluating
#' assessment models within closed-loop simulation, and helper functions for building more complex operating models and management procedures.
#'
#' @name MSEtool-package
#' @aliases MSEtool
#' @docType package
#' @author Quang Huynh \email{q.huynh@@oceans.ubc.ca}
#' @author Tom Carruthers \email{t.carruthers@@oceans.ubc.ca}
#' @author Adrian Hordyk \email{a.hordyk@@oceans.ubc.ca}
#' @section How to use MSEtool:
#' The main features of MSEtool are the assessment models and the ability to make model-based management procedures by combining
#' assessment models with harvest control rules. Such MPs can be used and tested in management strategy evaluation
#' with DLMtool operating models. An overview of these features is available in the \href{../doc/MSEtool.html}{MSEtool vignette}.
#'
#' The following assessment models are available:
#' \itemize{
#' \item \href{../doc/Surplus_production.html}{Surplus production} (\link{SP}, \link{SP_SS}, \link{SP_Fox}, and \code{spict})
#' \item \href{../doc/Delay_difference.html}{Delay difference} (\link{DD}, \link{cDD}, \link{DD_SS}, and \link{cDD_SS})
#' \item \href{../doc/SCA.html}{Statistical catch-at-age} (\link{SCA}, \link{SCA2}, and \link{SCA_Pope})
#' \item Simple Stock Synthesis (\link{SSS} which implements \link{SCA_Pope} with fixed depletion assumption)
#' \item \href{../doc/VPA.html}{Virtual population analysis} (\link{VPA})
#' }
#'
#'
#' The \code{\link{SRA_scope}} model can be used to condition DLMtool operating models from real data. Information can be found
#' \href{../doc/SRA_scope.html}{here}.
#'
#' MSEtool also contains \link{multiMSE}, a platform for multi-stock and multi-fleet operating models based on components
#' from DLMtool. An overview of multiMSE is available in the \href{../doc/multiMSE.html}{multiMSE vignette}.
#'
#' All MSEtool vignettes can also be viewed by typing \code{browseVignettes("MSEtool")} into the R console or through the
#' MSEtool webpage on \href{https://cran.r-project.org/package=MSEtool}{CRAN}.
#'
#' @section Additional links:
#'
#' See the \href{https://dlmtool.github.io/DLMtool/userguide/introduction.html}{DLMtool User Guide} for
#' a detailed description of how to use the DLMtool package.
#'
#' See the \href{https://www.datalimitedtoolkit.org/}{Data-Limited Toolkit Website} for more information on DLMtool,
#' including an interactive demo of the main features of the toolkit, information on case studies where the toolkit has
#' been applied, and more about the history and development of the DLMtool.
#'
#' @references
#' Carruthers, T.R., Punt, A.E., Walters, C.J., MacCall, A.,
#' McAllister, M.K., Dick, E.J., Cope, J. 2014. Evaluating methods for setting
#' catch limits in data-limited fisheries. Fisheries Research. 153: 48-68.
#'
#' Carruthers, T.R., Kell, L.T., Butterworth, D.S., Maunder, M.N., Geromont,
#' H.F., Walters, C., McAllister, M.K., Hillary, R., Levontin, P., Kitakado,
#' T., Davies, C.R. Performance review of simple management procedures. ICES
#' Journal of Marine Science. 73: 464-482.
#' @keywords  management strategy evaluation fisheries
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