Fits Semiparametric Promotion Time Cure Models, taking into account (using a 
			 corrected score approach or the SIMEX algorithm) or not the measurement error
			 in the covariates, using a backfitting approach to maximize the likelihood.

A nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithm based on the echolocation behavior of microbats that uses frequency tuning to optimize problems in both continuous and discrete dimensions. This R package makes it easy to implement the standard bat algorithm on any user-supplied function. The algorithm was first developed by Xin-She Yang in 2010 (<DOI:10.1007/978-3-642-12538-6_6>, <DOI:10.1109/CINTI.2014.7028669>).

Provides infrastructure to accurately measure and compare
        the execution time of R expressions.

Provides functions to enhance the available 
            statistical analysis procedures in R by providing simple functions to 
            analysis and visualize the 16S rRNA data.Here we present a tutorial 
            with minimum working examples to demonstrate usage and dependencies.

Fit growth curves to various known microbial growth models automatically to estimate growth parameters. Growth curves can be plotted with their uncertainty band. Growth models are: modified Gompertz model (Zwietering et al. (1990) <doi:10.1128/aem.56.6.1875-1881.1990>), Baranyi model (Baranyi and Roberts (1994) <doi:10.1016/0168-1605%2894%2990157-0>), Rosso model (Rosso et al. (1993) <doi:10.1006/jtbi.1993.1099>) and linear model (Dantigny (2005) <doi:10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2004.10.013>).

Perform calculations for the WHO International Reference Reagents for the microbiome. Using strain, species or genera abundance tables generated through analysis of 16S ribosomal RNA sequencing or shotgun sequencing which included a reference reagent. This package will calculate measures of sensitivity, False positive relative abundance, diversity, and similarity based on mean average abundances with respect to the reference reagent.

A suite of methods for powerful and robust microbiome data analysis addressing zero-inflation, phylogenetic structure and compositional effects. Includes the LinDA method for differential abundance analysis (Zhou et al. (2022)<doi:10.1186/s13059-022-02655-5>), the BMDD (Bimodal Dirichlet Distribution) method for accurate modeling and imputation of zero-inflated microbiome sequencing data (Zhou et al. (2025)<doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013124>) and compositional sparse CCA methods for microbiome multi-omics data integration (Deng et al. (2024) <doi: 10.3389/fgene.2024.1489694>).