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The function performs a non-linear regression using the first-order multi-target model. The model equation is: $$\frac{S}{S_0}=1-(1-e^{-k\,t})^m$$ where \(S/S_0\) is the fraction of surviving molecules, \(k\) is the average number of hits per time unit, \(m\) is the number of hits required to degrade the molecule, and \(t\) is time.

Usage

FOMT(dtframe)

Arguments

dtframe

A data-frame containing 2 or 3 columns: time, normalized concentration and error (optional), respectively

Value

Returns the results of the regression as a nls object.

Details

The FOMT model has been proposed as an alternative to the Weibull equation that is commonly used when the time-dependent behavior of the data significantly deviates from that predicted by standard chemical models.

Examples

t <- c(0, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20)
conc <- c(1, 0.98, 0.99, 0.67, 0.12, 0.03)
err <- c(0.02, 0.05, 0.04, 0.04, 0.03, 0.02)
dframe <- data.frame(t, conc, err)
FOMT <- FOMT(dframe)
plot(dframe[[1]], dframe[[2]])
arrows(dframe[[1]], dframe[[2]] + dframe[[3]],
  dframe[[1]], dframe[[2]] - dframe[[3]],
  length = 0
)
newt <- seq(0, 21, by = 0.1)
lines(newt, predict(FOMT, newdata = list(t = newt)))


dframe1 <- data.frame(t, conc)
FOMT1 <- FOMT(dframe1)
plot(dframe1[[1]], dframe1[[2]])
lines(newt, predict(FOMT1, newdata = list(t = newt)))

summary(FOMT)
#> 
#> Formula: y ~ 1 - (1 - exp(-k * t))^n
#> 
#> Parameters:
#>    Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
#> k   0.52026    0.02686  19.372 4.19e-05 ***
#> n 565.99823  194.55489   2.909   0.0437 *  
#> ---
#> Signif. codes:  0 ‘***’ 0.001 ‘**’ 0.01 ‘*’ 0.05 ‘.’ 0.1 ‘ ’ 1
#> 
#> Residual standard error: 0.4256 on 4 degrees of freedom
#> 
#> Number of iterations to convergence: 11 
#> Achieved convergence tolerance: 4.322e-07
#> 
summary(FOMT1)
#> 
#> Formula: y ~ 1 - (1 - exp(-k * t))^n
#> 
#> Parameters:
#>    Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
#> k   0.53083    0.02934  18.090 5.49e-05 ***
#> n 645.79027  235.80553   2.739    0.052 .  
#> ---
#> Signif. codes:  0 ‘***’ 0.001 ‘**’ 0.01 ‘*’ 0.05 ‘.’ 0.1 ‘ ’ 1
#> 
#> Residual standard error: 0.0134 on 4 degrees of freedom
#> 
#> Number of iterations to convergence: 12 
#> Achieved convergence tolerance: 3.295e-06
#>