R Observatory: Metrics for pcrsim version 1.0.2

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

This package was removed from CRAN on 2020-05-20. Its history is shown below.

Reason: requires 'gWidgets' Which is orphaned and soon to be archived

Details below reflect version 1.0.2, its last release before removal.

pcrsim

1.0.2Package record

Simulation of the Forensic DNA Process

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Overview

About

Maintained by Oskar HanssonCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗

Simulate the forensic DNA process: generate random or fixed DNA profiles, create forensic samples including mixtures of diploid and haploid cells, simulate DNA extraction, normalization, degradation, amplification including stutters and inter-locus balance, and capillary electrophoresis. DNA profiles are visualized as electropherograms and saved in tables. The command pcrsim() opens up a graphical user interface which allow the user to create projects, to enter, load, and save parameters required for the simulation. The simulation is transparent and the parameters used in each step of the simulation can be viewed in the result tables.

Changes in 1.0.2

New maintainer address.
Added new method to parameters.txt (used in the paper "Characterization of degradation and heterozygote balance by simulation of the forensic DNA analysis process"")
Fixed bug when not all tabs are visited prior to simulation.

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Install

R (source archive)pak (dev)

url <- "https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/pcrsim/pcrsim_1.0.2.tar.gz"
pkgFile <- "pcrsim_1.0.2.tar.gz"
download.file(url, pkgFile)
install.packages(pkgFile, type = "source", repos = NULL)

This package is no longer on CRAN, so install.packages() cannot fetch it by name. This downloads the last archived source (1.0.2) and builds it locally. Install its dependencies first, and note that building from source needs the usual compiler toolchain.

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

Development version from OskarHansson/pcrsim. Installs pak first if it is not already available.

Health

CRAN checks

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Advisories

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Documentation

In release 1.0.2

READMEYes · 147 wordsVignettesNoNEWSYes · 100% structured · mentions 1.0.2Citation fileNoWebsitenot declared in DESCRIPTION

Help pages: 18includes a package overview page
Examples that run: 92%11 run in a plain check · 1 never run
Exported functions with examples: 75%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 88%
Help pages citing references: 6%

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Dependencies

Declared dependencies

6 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (1)

strvalidator

Imports (5)

ggplot2 data.table gWidgets mc2d plyr

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none

Suggests (0)

none

Enhances (0)

none

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People & History

People (1)

Oskar Hansson

Contributor

Maintainer since 0.1 (2013)

Releases (5)

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R 4.1.0 released · 2021-05-18
archivedRemoved from CRAN
2020-05-20
requires 'gWidgets' Which is orphaned and soon to be archived
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R 4.0.0 released · 2020-04-24
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R 3.6.0 released · 2019-04-26
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R 3.5.0 released · 2018-04-23
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R 3.4.0 released · 2017-04-21
1.0.2
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2017-03-17 · diff ↗
1.0.1
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2016-10-03 · diff ↗
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R 3.3.0 released · 2016-05-03
1.0.0
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2016-04-21 · diff ↗ ·
removed 7 exports
addSimAlleles, dyeToColor, findPCRprob, generateEPG, generateEPGgui, simPCRexplorer, simulateProfile

added 14 exports
calculateDegradation, calibrateLb, calibratePCRsim, calibrateScaling, compact, compactStutter, getParameter, simCE, simDegradation, simDilution, simExtraction, simNormalize, simProfile, simSample
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R 3.2.0 released · 2015-04-16
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R 3.1.0 released · 2014-04-10
archivedRemoved from CRAN
2014-02-07
: the maintainer did not wish to fix its check failure
0.1.1
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2013-05-22 · diff ↗
0.1
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2013-04-06
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R 3.0.0 released · 2013-04-03

Package metadata

First published: 2013-04-06
Total releases: 5 / 13 yrs
License: GPL-2 OSI

Cite

Cite this package

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citation("pcrsim")

Format

Hansson, O. (n.d.). pcrsim: Simulation of the Forensic DNA Process (Version 1.0.2) [Computer software]. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=pcrsim

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APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for pcrsim version 1.0.2 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-10-23. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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