You could use a spline to interpolate the points. (And I'd consider increasing the number of points if possible, say to 200).
Then use a root finder, such as uniroot(), to solve for f(i) - k Where, k (a constant), would be 1e6, based on your example. There are a number of variations on this approach. My kubik package provides a solve method, and can impose some constraints. ---- library (kubik) f <- chs (1:45, round (PCR_array), constraints = chs.constraints (increasing=TRUE) ) plot (f) sol <- solve (f, 1e6) abline (v=sol, lty=2) sol ---- Note that I had to round the values, in order to impose a non-decreasing constraint. Also note that I've just used the 45 points. But re-iterating, you should increase the number of points, if possible. On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 8:58 AM Luigi Marongiu <marongiu.lu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello > I am trying to simulate a PCR by running a logistic equation. So I set > the function: > ``` > PCR <- function(initCopy, dupRate, Carry) { > ROI_T = initCopy > A = array() > for (i in 1:45) { > ROI_TplusOne <- ROI_T * dupRate * (1 - ROI_T/Carry) > A[i] <- ROI_TplusOne > ROI_T <- ROI_TplusOne > } > return(A) > } > ``` > Which returns an array that follows the logistic shape, for instance > ``` > d <- 2 > K <- 10^13 > A_0 <- 10000 > PCR_array <- PCR(A_0, d, K) > plot(PCR_array) > ``` > Given the formula `ROI_TplusOne <- ROI_T * dupRate * (1 - > ROI_T/Carry)`, is it possible to determine at what time point `i` a > given threshold is reached? For instance, what fractional value of i > returns 1000 000 copies? > Thank you > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.