Provides tools to assess the dissimilarity between multivariate time-series. It is based on the psi measure described  by Birks and Gordon (1985 <doi:10.1002/jqs.3390020110>), which computes dissimilarity between irregular time-series constrained by sample order. However, in this package the original idea has been extended to work with any kind of multivariate time-series, no matter whether they are regular, irregular, aligned or unaligned. Furthermore, the package allows to assess the significance of dissimilarity values by applying a restricted permutation test, allows to measure the contribution of individual variables to dissimilarity, and offers tools to transfer attributes (generally time or age, but other are possible) between sequences based on the similarity of their samples.

Implement DiSTATIS and CovSTATIS  (three-way multidimensional scaling).  DiSTATIS and CovSTATIS are used to analyze multiple distance/covariance matrices collected on the same set of observations. These methods are based on Abdi, H., Williams, L.J., Valentin, D., & Bennani-Dosse, M. (2012) <doi:10.1002/wics.198>.

Implementing algorithms and fitting models when sites (possibly remote) share
  computation summaries rather than actual data over HTTP with a master R process (using
  'opencpu', for example). A stratified Cox model and a singular value decomposition are
  provided. The former makes direct use of code from the R 'survival' package. (That is,
  the underlying Cox model code is derived from that in the R 'survival' package.)
  Sites may provide data via several means: CSV files, Redcap API, etc. An extensible
  design allows for new methods to be added in the future and includes facilities
  for local prototyping and testing. Web applications are provided (via 'shiny') for
  the implemented methods to help in designing and deploying the computations.

Creates discretised versions of continuous 
      distribution functions by mapping continuous values 
      to an underlying discrete grid, based on a (uniform) 
      frequency of discretisation, a valid discretisation 
      point, and an integration range. For a review of 
      discretisation methods, see 
      Chakraborty (2015) <doi:10.1186/s40488-015-0028-6>.