README.md

In zhenkewu/lotR: Latent class analysis with Observed Trees in R (lotR)

lotR: latent class analysis of observations organized by tree in R

An R package for Latent Class Models for Observations Organized by Tree Structure (lotR)

Maintainer: Zhenke Wu, [e-mail]

References: If you are using lotR for tree-integrative latent class analysis, please cite the following preprint:

| | Citation | Paper Link | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | | Bayesian tree-integrative LCM | Li M, Park D, Aziz M, Liu CM, Price L, Wu Z (2021). Integrating Sample Similarity Information into Latent Class Analysis: A Tree-Structured Shrinkage Approach. Biometrics. |Link|

Table of content

• 1. Installation
• 2. Overview
• 2. Example

Installation -------------- wzxhzdk:0

Overview ---------- `lotR` is designed for analyzing multivariate binary observations while integrating additional sample related information represented by each observation's membership in the leaves of a given tree. The observations that are closer in the tree are _a priori_ more likely to be grouped together and fitted by a LCM with identical LCM parameters. The model is built on spike-and-slab priors on the increments of a Gaussian diffusion process for each node of the tree. The model is self-adaptive in that it automatically choose the optimal grouping of observations to fit distinct latent class models. The posterior inferential algorithm is based on variational inference and can provide approximate posterior uncertainty quantifications. **lotR** works for * multivariate binary responses - known cut level, pre-specified grouping of observations - unknown cut level, which requires self-adaptive grouping of observations * The functions' relations in the package `lotR` can be visualized by wzxhzdk:1

Examples --------- * main function `example(lcm_tree)` * A simple workflow using simulated data and a micky mouse tree can be run in `R` by `example(lcm_tree)` * _lotR_ is self-adaptive: leaves close in the tree means they are more likely to be grouped together.  * _lotR_ produces similar results as `BayesLCA` on fully collapsed tree (ignoring tree information) 

zhenkewu/lotR documentation built on April 24, 2022, 2:36 a.m.