EvidenceSynthesis1.1.0 package

Synthesizing Causal Evidence in a Distributed Research Network

approximateHierarchicalNormalPosterior

Approximate Bayesian posterior for hierarchical Normal model

approximateLikelihood

Approximate a likelihood function

approximateSimplePosterior

Approximate simple Bayesian posterior

biasCorrectionInference

Bias Correction with Inference

buildLabelReferences

Build a list of references that map likelihood names to integer labels...

computeBayesianMetaAnalysis

Compute a Bayesian random-effects meta-analysis

computeConfidenceInterval

Compute the point estimate and confidence interval given a likelihood ...

computeFixedEffectMetaAnalysis

Compute a fixed-effect meta-analysis

computeHierarchicalMetaAnalysis

Compute a Bayesian random-effects hierarchical meta-analysis

constructDataModel

Construct DataModel objects from approximate likelihood or profile l...

createApproximations

Create likelihood approximations from individual-trajectory data

createSccsSimulationSettings

Create SCCS simulation settings

createSimulationSettings

Create simulation settings

customFunction

A custom function to approximate a log likelihood function

detectApproximationType

Detect the type of likelihood approximation based on the data format

EvidenceSynthesis-package

EvidenceSynthesis: Synthesizing Causal Evidence in a Distributed Resea...

extractSourceSpecificEffects

Compute source-specific biases and bias-corrected estimates from hiera...

fitBiasDistribution

Fit Bias Distribution

generateBayesianHMAsettings

Generate settings for the Bayesian random-effects hierarchical meta-an...

hermiteInterpolation

Cubic Hermite interpolation using both values and gradients to approxi...

loadCyclopsLibraryForJava

Load the Cyclops dynamic C++ library for use in Java

plotBiasCorrectionInference

Plot bias correction inference

plotBiasDistribution

Plot bias distributions

plotCovariateBalances

Plot covariate balances

plotEmpiricalNulls

Plot empirical null distributions

plotLikelihoodFit

Plot the likelihood approximation

plotMcmcTrace

Plot MCMC trace

plotMetaAnalysisForest

Create a forest plot

plotPerDbMcmcTrace

Plot MCMC trace for individual databases

plotPerDbPosterior

Plot posterior density per database

plotPosterior

Plot posterior density

plotPreparedPs

Plot the propensity score distribution

preparePsPlot

Prepare to plot the propensity score distribution

prepareSccsIntervalData

Prepare SCCS interval data for pooled analysis

sequentialFitBiasDistribution

Fit Bias Distribution Sequentially or in Groups

simulateMetaAnalysisWithNegativeControls

Simulate survival data across a federated data network, with negative ...

simulatePopulations

Simulate survival data for multiple databases

skewNormal

The skew normal function to approximate a log likelihood function

summarizeChain

Utility function to summarize MCMC samples (posterior mean, median, HD...

supportsJava8

Determine if Java virtual machine supports Java

Routines for combining causal effect estimates and study diagnostics across multiple data sites in a distributed study, without sharing patient-level data. Allows for normal and non-normal approximations of the data-site likelihood of the effect parameter.

  • Maintainer: Martijn Schuemie
  • License: Apache License 2.0
  • Last published: 2025-10-15