Addition of ANCOM and ANCOM-BC about datest

[Russel88]

Hi benyoung93

Thank you for suggesting this, I had not heard of ANCOM-BC, but I will add it ASAP.
As for ANCOM, this was previously part of DAtest, but since it is not in any package repository (CRAN or bioconductor), it was a hassle to ensure that installation would be smooth for the user and I therefore removed it (it also performed poorly and slowly in all my tests, but as you say, there are many opinions on this). If it is ever put on CRAN I will add it.

• Jakob

[benyoung93]

Hi Jakob 😊
Thats amazing thankyou so much.

Re ANCOM that makes complete sense. Reading the paper on ANCOM-BC they benchmark against ANCOM and for x amount of ASVS (blanking on actual number apologies will correct later) ANCOM-BC is around 2 minutes and ANCOM ~60 minutes. It shouldn't make DAtest substantially longer 😊.

Ben

[khalidtab]

Hi Jakob, thanks for the great package.

I second the enhancement request for adding ANCOM-BC. I have been e been trying to include it through the DA.zzz() implementation, but it has been a struggle so far. Having it "baked in" would mean that it would be ideal.

[Russel88]

ANCOM-BC is now included in version 2.8.0.