R Observatory: Metrics for mtrank version 0.2-0

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

mtrank

0.2-0

Ranking using Probabilistic Models and Treatment Choice Criteria

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Overview

About

Maintained by Theodoros EvrenoglouFirst published 2025-01-313 releasesCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗

Estimation of treatment hierarchies in network meta-analysis using a novel frequentist approach based on treatment choice criteria (TCC) and probabilistic ranking models, as described by Evrenoglou et al. (2024) DOI:10.48550/arXiv.2406.10612. The TCC are defined using a rule based on the smallest worthwhile difference (SWD). Using the defined TCC, the NMA estimates (i.e., treatment effects and standard errors) are first transformed into treatment preferences, indicating either a treatment preference (e.g., treatment A > treatment B) or a tie (treatment A = treatment B). These treatment preferences are then synthesized using a probabilistic ranking model, which estimates the latent ability parameter of each treatment and produces the final treatment hierarchy. This parameter represents each treatments ability to outperform all the other competing treatments in the network. Here the terms ability to outperform indicates the propensity of each treatment to yield clinically important and beneficial effects when compared to all the other treatments in the network. Consequently, larger ability estimates indicate higher positions in the ranking list.

Install

R (CRAN)pak (dev)Ubuntu (r2u)Fedora (COPR)openSUSE (OBS)

install.packages("mtrank", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")

Installs the current CRAN release. Prebuilt binaries on Windows and macOS.

if (!requireNamespace("pak", quietly = TRUE))
  install.packages("pak", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")
pak::pak("TEvrenoglou/mtrank")

Development version from TEvrenoglou/mtrank. Installs pak first if it is not already available.

Release

# enable cranapt (r2u) if it is not already set up, then install
grep -rqs r2u.stat.illinois.edu /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ \
  || curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eddelbuettel/r2u/master/inst/scripts/add_cranapt_noble.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install -y r-cran-mtrank

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled.

bspm (used by r2u) also needs make: sudo apt install make

# enable the iucar/cran COPR if it is not already present, then install
ls /etc/yum.repos.d/*iucar*cran*.repo >/dev/null 2>&1 \
  || sudo dnf copr enable -y iucar/cran
sudo dnf install -y R-CRAN-mtrank

RPMs from the iucar/cran COPR, rebuilt from CRAN.

For install.packages() integration in R, also: sudo dnf install R-CoprManager

# add the autoCRAN OBS repo (Tumbleweed) if it is missing, then install
zypper -q lr | grep -qi autoCRAN \
  || sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/R:/autoCRAN/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/devel:languages:R:autoCRAN.repo
sudo zypper install -y R-mtrank

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed).

Health

CRAN checks

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Slowest check: 7.5 min · r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

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Documentation

READMENoVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 100% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 100%
Documented parameters: 95%
Return-value docs: 100%
References docs: 70%

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Repository

GitHub ↗ tevrenoglou/mtrank

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License GPL-2.0 · 116 commits · Last activity 2025-06-04

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Dependencies

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8 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

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R >= 4.0.0meta netmeta

Imports (4)

PlackettLuce dplyr magrittr ggplot2

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rmarkdown knitr

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Maintainer (1)

Theodoros Evrenoglou

Author, Maintainer

Authors (2)

Theodoros Evrenoglou

Author, Maintainer

Guido Schwarzer

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Package Timeline

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R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
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R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11
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R 4.4.0 released · 2024-04-24

Package metadata

First published: 2025-01-31
Total releases: 3 / 1 yrs
License: GPL (>= 2) OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 4.0.0
Bundled data: 2.9 KB / 2 files
Download size: 119 KB
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

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Evrenoglou, T., & Schwarzer, G. (2025). mtrank: Ranking using Probabilistic Models and Treatment Choice Criteria (Version 0.2-0) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.mtrank

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Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for mtrank version 0.2-0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-18. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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