paternogbc / sensiPhy

R package to perform sensitivity analysis for comparative methods
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/2041-210X.12990/full
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Increase speed of trait evolution functions (xxx_discrete and xxx_continuous) #187

Open gijsbertwerner opened 5 years ago

gijsbertwerner commented 5 years ago

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Trait evolution / ancestral state reconstruction functions xxx_discrete and xxx_continuous.

Problem

Underlying functions from the geiger package are relatively slow, limiting the extent to which it's feasible to use them on larger phylogenies.

Potential solutions

For xxx_discrete, consider using the castor package instead: https://academic.oup.com/bioinformatics/article/34/6/1053/4582279. For xxx_continuous, consider using Rphylopars instead: http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/ece3.2837 Both should be orders of magnitude smaller.