Dear all, Version 0.3 of the bcrm package is now available on CRAN. The package allows users to fit Bayesian Continuous Reassessment Method Phase I trial designs. This version has the following new developments from version 0.1: * Stopping rules have been added, allowing stopping to be based on a maximum sample size, the maximum number to be treated at the final MTD estimate, the precision of the MTD estimate, and a minumum sample size. * Implementation of escalation based on posterior toxicity intervals using loss functions. * Posterior summaries after each recruited cohort can now be plotted using the "each" argument of plot.bcrm. * When simulating, operating characteristics are also now presented by true regions of toxicity risk. * Simulations now run faster, as they use information from identical previous simulations to choose next dose. This is only implemented if nsims<=1000, otherwise the computation time to search previous simulations becomes unmanageable. * Plot and print commands now refer to actual dose labels when they have been given by the user * Output from simulations can now be plotted as histograms using the function plot.bcrm.sim Best wishes Mike -- ------------------------------------------- Dr Michael Sweeting MRC Biostatistics Unit Institute of Public Health Robinson Way Cambridge CB2 0SR Tel: 01223 768257 Fax: 01223 760729 _______________________________________________ R-packages mailing list R-packages at r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-packages