Hi Jorge-

I would just fit and compare the models manually, without relying on batch 
processing of models with fitdAICrc. Each model fitted individually gives you 
an AIC and a log-likelihood, so it's straightforward to do this. I would not 
trust comparisons between continuous change models (like SPVAR) and the 
discrete shift models, because (as in Rabosky 2006 Evolution) there is an 
overfitting issue that occurs with the multirate Yule shift models.  

In general, I would suggest using more recently developed 
methods/implementations rather than those in laser, such as those in the 
TreePar or DDD packages, or our BAMM software (www.bamm-project.org) and 
associated BAMMtools R package.

~Dan



On Apr 9, 2014, at 10:40 AM, Jorge Avaria Llautureo wrote:

> Hi,
> I compared variable rate models in LASER package with the fitdAICrc function, 
> but I cannot incorporate the yule4rate, SPVAR, EXVAR, and BOTHVAR models. How 
> I can incorporate these models to be evaluated?
> 
> Thanks,
> Jorge,
> -- 
> Msc. Jorge Avaria Llautureo
> Lab. Ecología Evolutiva y Filoinformática
> Programa de Doctorado en Sistemática & Biodiversidad
> Universidad de Concepción – Chile.

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Dan Rabosky
Assistant Professor & Curator of Herpetology
Museum of Zoology &
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079 USA

[email protected]
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~drabosky
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/ummz/



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