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Two input paths in RHISEA: run_hisea_all with HISEA-style files or Dataframes

Sosthene Akia

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Alex Hanke

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

2026-03-16

Source: vignettes/RHISEA_data_type.Rmd
RHISEA_data_type.Rmd

Introduction

This vignette demonstrates two equivalent ways to run run_hisea_all() from the RHISEA package:

  1. Data frame inputs (R objects baseline and mixture already loaded), and
  2. HISEA file inputs (hisea.std and hisea.mix files).

We run the same analysis with LDA classifier and compare the results (means, bootstrap distributions, etc.). The vignette explains the differences, shows reproducible code, and provides interpretation guidance.

Required packages 

library(RHISEA)
library(tidyverse)
library(data.table)
library(mclust) # used by some RHISEA internals or for post-analysis

Load the data 

# Option A: load .rda saved objects (development)
baseline_file <- system.file("extdata", "baseline.rda", package = "RHISEA")
mixture_file <- system.file("extdata", "mixture.rda", package = "RHISEA")

load(baseline_file) # loads `baseline` data.frame
load(mixture_file) # loads `mixture` data.frame

# Quick checks
stopifnot(is.data.frame(baseline) || is.data.table(baseline))
stopifnot(is.data.frame(mixture) || is.data.table(mixture))

str(baseline)
#> Classes 'data.table' and 'data.frame':   300 obs. of  3 variables:
#>  $ d13c      : num  -7.99 -8.23 -7.99 -7.32 -9.01 -8.19 -8.48 -8.42 -8.02 -7.9 ...
#>  $ d18o      : num  -0.46 -0.58 -0.89 -1.06 -0.89 -1.25 -0.27 -0.72 -0.74 -0.51 ...
#>  $ population: Factor w/ 2 levels "East","West": 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
#>  - attr(*, ".internal.selfref")=<externalptr>
str(mixture)
#> tibble [4,500 × 2] (S3: tbl_df/tbl/data.frame)
#>  $ d13c_ukn: chr [1:4500] "-8.6" "-8.8362287144933909" "-8.48" "-8.6199999999999992" ...
#>  $ d18o_ukn: chr [1:4500] "-1.1599999999999999" "-1.3548853367293201" "-0.93" "-1.91" ...

# Ensure variable names expected by run_hisea_all
# baseline should include: d13c, d18o, population
# mixture should include: d13c_ukn, d18o_ukn

Write HISEA formatted files (optional)

If you want to compare with HISEA text format, write files from the data frames:

write_std_from_dataframe(df = baseline, stock_col = "population", var_cols = c("d13c", "d18o"))
write_mix_from_dataframe(df = mixture, var_cols = c("d13c_ukn", "d18o_ukn"))

# files created in working directory: "hisea.std", "hisea.mix"
list.files(pattern = "hisea\\.(std|mix)$")
#> [1] "hisea.mix" "hisea.std"

Analysis parameters 

np <- 2
nv <- 2
Nsamps <- 1000 # number of bootstrap/resampling iterations inside run_hisea_all (depends on function)
Nmix <- 100
baseline_file <- "hisea.std"
mixture_file <- "hisea.mix"
stock_labels <- c("East", "West")
stocks_names <- c("East", "West")
resample_baseline <- TRUE
resampled_baseline_sizes <- c(50, 50)

# set seed for reproducibility
seed_val <- 123456

1) Run with Data frame inputs 

DataFrame_option <- run_hisea_all(
  type = "ANALYSIS",
  np = np,
  phi_method = "cv", # chosen in your script: cv or standard; we use "cv" here
  nv = nv,
  resample_baseline = resample_baseline,
  resampled_baseline_sizes = resampled_baseline_sizes,
  seed_val = seed_val,
  nsamps = Nsamps,
  Nmix = Nmix,
  baseline_input = baseline,
  mix_input = mixture,
  method_class = "LDA",
  stocks_names = stock_labels,
  stock_col = "population",
  var_cols_std = c("d13c", "d18o"),
  var_cols_mix = c("d13c_ukn", "d18o_ukn")
)
#> Warning in run_hisea_all(type = "ANALYSIS", np = np, phi_method = "cv", : resample_baseline only for
#> SIMULATION/BOOTSTRAP; disabling.

# Print summary statistics
print("Data frame input — mean estimates:")
#> [1] "Data frame input — mean estimates:"
print(round(DataFrame_option$mean, 4))
#>         RAW   COOK  COOKC     EM     ML
#> East 0.3771 0.3402 0.3402 0.3402 0.3217
#> West 0.6229 0.6598 0.6598 0.6598 0.6783

# If the object contains bootstrap results, show a small summary
if (!is.null(DataFrame_option$boot)) {
  cat("\nBootstrap summary (data frame input):\n")
  print(summary(DataFrame_option$boot))
}

What this block does

  • Runs the analysis using the in-memory baseline and mixture objects.
  • DataFrame_option$mean should contain the estimated mean mixture composition (e.g., estimated proportions for East and West) averaged across resamples.
  • DataFrame_option$boot (if present) might contain bootstrap distribution of estimates — used to compute CI, sd, etc.

2) Run with HISEA-formatted files 

HiseaFormat_option <- run_hisea_all(
  type = "ANALYSIS",
  np = np,
  phi_method = "cv",
  nv = nv,
  resample_baseline = resample_baseline,
  resampled_baseline_sizes = resampled_baseline_sizes,
  seed_val = seed_val,
  nsamps = Nsamps,
  Nmix = Nmix,
  baseline_input = baseline_file,
  mix_input = mixture_file,
  method_class = "LDA",
  stocks_names = stock_labels
)
#> Warning in run_hisea_all(type = "ANALYSIS", np = np, phi_method = "cv", : resample_baseline only for
#> SIMULATION/BOOTSTRAP; disabling.

print("HISEA file input — mean estimates:")
#> [1] "HISEA file input — mean estimates:"
print(round(HiseaFormat_option$mean, 4))
#>         RAW   COOK  COOKC     EM     ML
#> East 0.3771 0.3402 0.3402 0.3402 0.3217
#> West 0.6229 0.6598 0.6598 0.6598 0.6783

if (!is.null(HiseaFormat_option$boot)) {
  cat("\nBootstrap summary (HISEA file input):\n")
  print(summary(HiseaFormat_option$boot))
}

What to expect

  • If write_std_from_dataframe() / write_mix_from_dataframe() produced identical formatted files to the in-memory data, results should be extremely similar. Small differences can arise from formatting, row order, or numeric rounding.
  • If results differ substantially, see Troubleshooting below.

Compare results: table + plot

This section produces a comparison table and simple plot of the mean estimates and their differences.

# collect means
df_compare <- tibble(
  mean_df = as.numeric(DataFrame_option$mean),
  mean_file = as.numeric(HiseaFormat_option$mean)
) %>%
  mutate(diff = mean_df - mean_file)

kable(df_compare, digits = 4, caption = "Comparison of estimates: Data frame vs HISEA file")
Comparison of estimates: Data frame vs HISEA file
mean_df mean_file diff
0.3771 0.3771 0
0.6229 0.6229 0
0.3402 0.3402 0
0.6598 0.6598 0
0.3402 0.3402 0
0.6598 0.6598 0
0.3402 0.3402 0
0.6598 0.6598 0
0.3217 0.3217 0
0.6783 0.6783 0 

# Plot side-by-side bars
df_plot <- df_compare %>% pivot_longer(cols = c(mean_df, mean_file), names_to = "input_type", values_to = "estimate")

Visualize bootstrap distributions (if available)

If the objects returned contain bootstrap distributions (common when nsamps used), plot histograms/density for each stock and input type:

DataFrame_option_boot <- run_hisea_all(
  type = "BOOTSTRAP",
  np = np,
  phi_method = "cv", # chosen in your script: cv or standard; we use "cv" here
  nv = nv,
  resample_baseline = resample_baseline,
  resampled_baseline_sizes = resampled_baseline_sizes,
  seed_val = seed_val,
  nsamps = Nsamps,
  Nmix = Nmix,
  baseline_input = baseline,
  mix_input = mixture,
  method_class = "LDA",
  stocks_names = stock_labels,
  stock_col = "population",
  var_cols_std = c("d13c", "d18o"),
  var_cols_mix = c("d13c_ukn", "d18o_ukn")
)

HiseaFormat_option_boot <- run_hisea_all(
  type = "BOOTSTRAP",
  np = np,
  phi_method = "cv",
  nv = nv,
  resample_baseline = resample_baseline,
  resampled_baseline_sizes = resampled_baseline_sizes,
  seed_val = seed_val,
  nsamps = Nsamps,
  Nmix = Nmix,
  baseline_input = baseline_file,
  mix_input = mixture_file,
  method_class = "LDA",
  stocks_names = stock_labels
)

make_boot_df <- function(boot_obj, label) {
  if (is.null(boot_obj)) {
    return(NULL)
  }
  # adapt depending on structure
  boot_mat <- as.matrix(boot_obj) # try to coerce
  df <- as.data.frame(boot_mat)
  names(df) <- stock_labels[1:ncol(df)]
  df_long <- pivot_longer(df, cols = everything(), names_to = "stock", values_to = "estimate")
  df_long$input <- label
  df_long
}

boot_df1 <- make_boot_df(DataFrame_option_boot$boot, "data_frame")
boot_df2 <- make_boot_df(HiseaFormat_option_boot$boot, "hisea_file")
boot_all <- bind_rows(boot_df1, boot_df2)

if (!is.null(boot_all) && nrow(boot_all) > 0) {
  ggplot(boot_all, aes(x = estimate)) +
    geom_density() +
    facet_grid(stock ~ input, scales = "free") +
    labs(title = "Bootstrap distributions by stock and input type")
}

Interpretation & Reasoning (how to read results)

  1. Mean estimates ($mean): these are the estimated proportions of each stock in the mixture averaged across resamples. Example: mean = c(0.87, 0.13) would indicate 87% East, 13% West.

  2. Bootstrap distributions: provide variability — use to compute 95% CI or sd. If bootstrap distributions between DataFrame_option and HiseaFormat_option overlap strongly and mean differences are tiny, the two input modes are effectively equivalent.