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EMOTIONS

Ensemble Models for Lactation Curves

v1.3 · Apr 1, 2026 · GPL-3

Description

Lactation curves describe temporal changes in milk yield and are key to breeding and managing dairy animals more efficiently. The use of ensemble modeling, which consists of combining predictions from multiple models, has the potential to yields more accurate and robust estimates of lactation patterns than relying solely on single model estimates. The package EMOTIONS fits 47 models for lactation curves and creates ensemble models using model averaging based on Akaike information criterion (AIC), Bayesian information criterion (BIC), root mean square percentage error (RMSPE) and mean squared error (MAE), variance of the predictions, cosine similarity for each model's predictions, and Bayesian Model Average (BMA). The daily production values predicted through the ensemble models can be used to estimate resilience indicators in the package. The package allows the graphical visualization of the model ranks and the predicted lactation curves. Additionally, the packages allows the user to detect milk loss events and estimate residual-based resilience indicators.

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Tests / Examples

Functions

14 8 exported

Complexity

6.9 avg / 54 max

Call network

14 nodes / 6 edges

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Code

Structure

Lines of code

2,638

Files

50

Compiled share

0%

Has compiled src

No

Language breakdown

R 1,535 (58.2%)Docs 606 (23%)Vignettes 497 (18.8%)

API

Exported functions

8

Internal functions

6

Recent export changes

v1.1+3 PlotMilkLoss, imp_my, milkloss_detect
v1.0+5 LacCurveFit, ModelRankRange, PlotWeightLac +2 more

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Return-value doc rate

100%

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0%

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100%

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Bundled 3rd-party code

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Portability & License

Min R version

4.2

System requirements

C++ standard

License

GPL-3

License flags

SPDX valid, OSI approved

History

Versions

4

First release

2025-06-18

Latest release

2026-04-01

Avg cadence

58 days

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Dep drift

1

LOC over versions

v1.0: 1,580 LOCv1.1: 2,594 LOCv1.2: 2,610 LOCv1.3: 2,638 LOC

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Dependency Network

Dependencies Reverse dependencies dplyr orthopolynom quantreg minpack.lm tidyr ggplot2 ggridges parameters rlang tidyselect tibble EMOTIONS

Version History

5 tracked
updated 1.3 ← 1.2 diff Apr 1, 2026
updated 1.2 ← 1.1 diff Mar 27, 2026
new 1.1 Mar 10, 2026
updated 1.1 ← 1.0 diff Jan 27, 2026
new 1.0 Jun 17, 2025