An interface to the core 'Familias' functions which are
    programmed in C++. The implementation is described in Egeland, Mostad and Olaisen
    (1997) <doi:10.1016/S1355-0306(97)72202-0> and Simonsson and Mostad
    (2016) <doi:10.1016/j.fsigen.2016.04.005>.

Tools to study lineages, grandparenthood, loss of close relatives, kinship networks and other topics in multi-generation populations.

Grows families of features by selecting features that maximize a weighted score calculated from empirical feature scores and graphical knowledge. The final weighted score for a feature is determined by summing a feature's family-weighted scores across all families in which the feature appears.

Estimate parameters of univariate probability distributions 
  with maximum likelihood and Bayesian methods.

Given a set of parameters describing model dynamics and a corresponding cost function,
    FAMoS performs a dynamic forward-backward model selection on a specified selection
    criterion. It also applies a non-local swap search method. Works on any cost function. 
    For detailed information see Gabel et al. (2019) <doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007230>.

FamSKAT-RC is a family-based association kernel test for both 
    rare and common variants. This test is general and several special cases 
    are known as other methods: famSKAT, which only focuses on rare variants 
    in family-based data, SKAT, which focuses on rare variants in 
    population-based data (unrelated individuals), and SKAT-RC, which focuses 
    on both rare and common variants in population-based data. When one 
    applies famSKAT-RC and sets the value of phi to 1, famSKAT-RC becomes 
    famSKAT. When one applies famSKAT-RC and set the value of phi to 1 and the 
    kinship matrix to the identity matrix, famSKAT-RC becomes SKAT. When one 
    applies famSKAT-RC and set the kinship matrix (fullkins) to the identity 
    matrix (and phi is not equal to 1), famSKAT-RC becomes SKAT-RC. We also 
    include a small sample synthetic pedigree to demonstrate the method with.  
    For more details see Saad M and Wijsman EM (2014) <doi:10.1002/gepi.21844>.