Performs Bayesian meta-analysis, meta-regression and model-based meta-analysis 
             using 'Stan'. Includes binomial-normal hierarchical models and option to use 
             weakly informative priors for the heterogeneity parameter and the treatment effect 
             parameter which are described in Guenhan, Roever, and Friede (2020) <doi:10.1002/jrsm.1370>.

If results from a meta-GWAS are used for validation in one of the cohorts that was included in the meta-analysis, this will yield biased (i.e. too optimistic) results. 
      The validation cohort needs to be independent from the meta-Genome-Wide-Association-Study (meta-GWAS) results. 
      'MetaSubtract' will subtract the results of the respective cohort from the meta-GWAS results analytically without having to redo the meta-GWAS analysis using the leave-one-out methodology. 
      It can handle different meta-analyses methods and takes into account if single or double genomic control correction was applied to the original meta-analysis. 
      It can also handle different meta-analysis methods. It can be used for whole GWAS, but also for a limited set of genetic markers. 
      See for application: Nolte I.M. et al. (2017); <doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2017.50>.

Provides a step-based pipeline for reproducible survey data
    processing, building on the 'survey' package for complex sampling designs.
    Supports rotating panels with bootstrap replicate weights, and provides a
    recipe system for sharing and reproducing data transformation workflows
    across survey editions.

To assess a summary survival curve from survival probabilities and number of at-risk patients collected at various points in time in various studies, and to test the between-strata heterogeneity.

Provides a hybrid modeling framework combining Support Vector Regression (SVR) with metaheuristic optimization algorithms, including the Archimedes Optimization Algorithm (AO) (Hashim et al. (2021) <doi:10.1007/s10489-020-01893-z>), Coot Bird Optimization (CBO) (Naruei & Keynia (2021) <doi:10.1016/j.eswa.2021.115352>), and their hybrid (AOCBO), as well as several others such as Harris Hawks Optimization (HHO) (Heidari et al. (2019) <doi:10.1016/j.future.2019.02.028>), Gray Wolf Optimizer (GWO) (Mirjalili et al. (2014) <doi:10.1016/j.advengsoft.2013.12.007>), Ant Lion Optimization (ALO) (Mirjalili (2015) <doi:10.1016/j.advengsoft.2015.01.010>), and Enhanced Harris Hawk Optimization with Coot Bird Optimization (EHHOCBO) (Cui et al. (2023) <doi:10.32604/cmes.2023.026019>). The package enables automatic tuning of SVR hyperparameters (cost, gamma, and epsilon) to enhance prediction performance. Suitable for regression tasks in domains such as renewable energy forecasting and hourly data prediction. For more details about implementation and parameter bounds see: Setiawan et al. (2021) <doi:10.1016/j.procs.2020.12.003> and Liu et al. (2018) <doi:10.1155/2018/6076475>.