Alias for CRS.4b (Deprecated)

This function is a deprecated alias for CRS.4b(), itself deprecated as of version 3.3.0. Please use CRS.5() instead, which provides a more general and flexible interface.

Usage

ml3b(names = c("b", "c", "d", "e", "f"), fixed = c(NA, 0, NA, NA, NA), ...)

Arguments

names

A character vector of length 5 specifying the names of the model parameters in the following order:

b

Hill slope (steepness of the dose-response curve).

c

Lower asymptote (fixed at 0 via the fixed argument).

d

Upper asymptote.

e

Effective dose producing a response midway between c and d (ED50).

f

Hormesis parameter controlling the magnitude of the stimulatory effect at low doses.

Defaults to c("b", "c", "d", "e", "f").

fixed

A numeric vector of length 5 specifying fixed (non-estimated) parameter values. Use NA for parameters that should be estimated freely. Defaults to c(NA, 0, NA, NA, NA), which fixes the lower asymptote c at 0.

...

Additional arguments passed to cedergreen().

Value

A list of class "drcMean" as returned by cedergreen(), containing the model definition including the mean function, its gradient, parameter names, and fixed values. This object is intended for use as the fct argument in drm().

See also

• CRS.5() — the recommended replacement for this deprecated function.

• CRS.4b() — the function this alias points to.

• cedergreen() — the underlying model constructor.

Author

Christian Ritz, Hannes Reinwald

Examples

# NOTE: ml3b() is a deprecated alias for CRS.4b(). Use CRS.5() instead.
# The example below is retained for backward compatibility illustration only.

lettuce.crsm2 <- drm( lettuce[, c(2, 1)], fct = ml3b() )
summary(lettuce.crsm2)
#> 
#> Model fitted: Cedergreen-Ritz-Streibig with lower limit 0 (alpha=0.5) (4 parms)
#> 
#> Parameter estimates:
#> 
#>               Estimate Std. Error t-value   p-value    
#> b:(Intercept) 0.569426   0.068538  8.3081 8.444e-06 ***
#> d:(Intercept) 1.008915   0.094919 10.6292 9.061e-07 ***
#> e:(Intercept) 0.642290   1.533937  0.4187    0.6843    
#> f:(Intercept) 4.446933   5.821389  0.7639    0.4626    
#> ---
#> Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
#> 
#> Residual standard error:
#> 
#>  0.1345066 (10 degrees of freedom)
ED(lettuce.crsm2, c(50))
#> 
#> Estimated effective doses
#> 
#>      Estimate Std. Error
#> e:50  26.1252     8.6286

# Recommended replacement:
fct_spec <- CRS.5(alpha_type = "b", fixed = c(NA, 0, NA, NA, NA))
lettuce.crs5 <- drm(lettuce[, c(2, 1)], fct = fct_spec)
summary(lettuce.crs5)
#> 
#> Model fitted: Cedergreen-Ritz-Streibig (alpha=0.5) (4 parms)
#> 
#> Parameter estimates:
#> 
#>               Estimate Std. Error t-value   p-value    
#> b:(Intercept) 0.569426   0.068538  8.3081 8.444e-06 ***
#> d:(Intercept) 1.008915   0.094919 10.6292 9.061e-07 ***
#> e:(Intercept) 0.642290   1.533937  0.4187    0.6843    
#> f:(Intercept) 4.446933   5.821389  0.7639    0.4626    
#> ---
#> Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
#> 
#> Residual standard error:
#> 
#>  0.1345066 (10 degrees of freedom)
ED(lettuce.crs5, c(50))
#> 
#> Estimated effective doses
#> 
#>      Estimate Std. Error
#> e:50  26.1252     8.6286