Boosting Regression Quantiles is a component-wise boosting algorithm, 
             that embeds all boosting steps in the well-established framework 
             of quantile regression. It is initialized with the corresponding quantile, 
             uses a quantile-specific learning rate, and uses quantile regression as its base learner.
             The package implements this algorithm and allows cross-validation and stability selection.

Functions and datasets for bootstrapping from the
  book "Bootstrap Methods and Their Application" by A. C. Davison and 
  D. V. Hinkley (1997, CUP), originally written by Angelo Canty for S.

Implements a bootstrap-based heterogeneity test for standardized mean differences (d), Fisher-transformed Pearson's correlations (r), and natural-logarithm-transformed odds ratio (or) in meta-analysis studies. Depending on the presence of moderators, this Monte Carlo based test can be implemented in the random- or mixed-effects model. This package uses rma() function from the R package 'metafor' to obtain parameter estimates and likelihoods, so installation of R package 'metafor' is required. This approach refers to the studies of Anscombe (1956) <doi:10.2307/2332926>, Haldane (1940) <doi:10.2307/2332614>, Hedges (1981) <doi:10.3102/10769986006002107>, Hedges & Olkin (1985, ISBN:978-0123363800), Silagy, Lancaster, Stead, Mant, & Fowler (2004) <doi:10.1002/14651858.CD000146.pub2>, Viechtbauer (2010) <doi:10.18637/jss.v036.i03>, and Zuckerman (1994, ISBN:978-0521432009).

Computation of bootstrap p-values through inversion of confidence intervals, including convenience functions for regression models.

Implementation of the bootstrapping approach for the estimation of clustering stability and its application in estimating the number of clusters, as introduced by Yu et al (2016)<doi:10.1142/9789814749411_0007>. Implementation of the non-parametric bootstrap approach to assessing the stability of module detection in a graph, the extension for the selection of a parameter set that defines a graph from data in a way that optimizes stability and the corresponding visualization functions, as introduced by Tian et al (2021) <doi:10.1002/sam.11495>.