fishStan is an R package (R Core Team 2020) providing a collection of hierarchical Bayesian models written in the Stan language as called through RStan (Stan Development Team 2020). The package is a USGS software software release.
Currently, the project includes multiple models including
- Growth models
- A hierarchical von Bertalanffy growth model,
- A hierarchical von Bertalanffy growth model without $t0$,
- A hierarchical Gompertz growth model
- A hierarchical Logistic INdividual Growth (LING) model
- A hierarchical Galluci and Quinn growth model
- A hierarchical linear regression
- A hierarchical logistic regression model that includes both binomial and Bernoulli input options
- A catch curve model
All hierarchical models are based upon the Multivariate Priors for Hierarchical Models example from the Stan User Manual, Section 1.13.
The R package contains vignettes providing an overview of the package and how to use the models. To access these, type browseVignettes("fishStan") in R.
