Forward covariate search

forwardSearch(covInfo, fit, pVal = 0.05, outputDir, restart = FALSE)

Arguments

covInfo

a list containing information about each variable-covariate pair

fit

an nlmixr 'fit' object

pVal

p-value that should be used for selecting covariates in the forward search

outputDir

the name of the output directory that stores the covariate search result

restart

a boolean that controls if the search should be restarted; default is FALSE

Value

returns the updated 'fit' object at the end of the forward search and a table of information for all the covaraites tested

Author

Vipul Mann, Matthew Fidler