--- title: "Using optsize for Field Experiment Design" output: rmarkdown::html_vignette vignette: > %\VignetteIndexEntry{Using optsize for Field Experiment Design} %\VignetteEngine{knitr::rmarkdown} %\VignetteEncoding{UTF-8} --- # Introduction The `optsize` package helps design field experiments by determining optimum plot size and shape, accounting for **soil heterogeneity**. # Example Dataset A rice uniformity trial dataset is used to demonstrate functionality. Field size: 20 × 38 m, spacing 20 × 20 cm, 1 m border excluded (net area 18 × 36 m), yields recorded from 1 × 1 m plots. ```{r, include = FALSE} knitr::opts_chunk$set( collapse = TRUE, comment = "#>" ) ``` ```{r example} library(optsize) # Load field yield data data <- system.file("extdata", "data.csv", package = "optsize") mat <- read.csv(data, header = FALSE) df_mat <- as.matrix(data) df_mat <- apply(df_mat, 2, as.numeric) mode(df_mat) # should return "numeric" # Generate possible plot shapes res <- generate_plot_shapes(mat) res # Fit variance law to determine optimum plot size out_var <- fit_variance_law(mat) print(out_var$plots) out_var # Fertility analysis ferti <- ferti_analysis(mat) print(ferti$heatmap) ferti ```