PBS Software

We have developed a number of packages for the R Project (http://www.r-project.org/), each beginning with the letters "PBS" to represent the Pacific Biological Station (http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/science/facilities-installations/pbs-sbp/index-eng.htm) in Nanaimo, BC, Canada. Currently, four of these (PBSmapping, PBSmodelling, PBSddesolve, PBSadmb) are posted on CRAN http://cran.r-project.org/. User's should normally obtain these packages from standard R repositories, such as a CRAN mirror. For development purposes, we also maintain corresponding Google code web sites.

Currently, we have support or plans for the following packages:

PBSadmb to run AD Model Builder from R (http://code.google.com/p/pbs-admb/) - package available on CRAN

PBSarchive to facilitate archival projects (web site to come)

PBSawatea to provide automated routines and document creation for Awatea population models (http://code.google.com/p/pbs-awatea/)

PBSddesolve to solve delay-differential equations with algorithms developed by Simon Wood (http://code.google.com/p/pbs-ddesolve/) - package available on CRAN

PBSecofun to explore speculative ecological models purely for fun (web site to come)

PBSfishery to manipulate and visualize fisheries data (http://code.google.com/p/pbs-fishery/) - package might appear on CRAN

PBSfse to conduct forecast strategy evaluation with tools that include methods proposed by George Sugihara (web site to come)

PBSmapping to respresent two-dimensional spatial data with GIS tools and coastal maps (http://code.google.com/p/pbs-mapping/) - package available on CRAN

PBSmodelling to develop interactive models and analyses (http://code.google.com/p/pbs-modelling/) - package available on CRAN

PBSresilate to explore complex models and resilience theory, as developed by Buzz Holling (http://code.google.com/p/pbs-resilate/).