pybmds and BMDS Desktop software package and documentation

pybmds is a Python package for executing U.S. EPA’s Benchmark Dose Modeling Software (BMDS) in a scripting environment. The package includes dose-response models for multiple types of dose-response data, including dichotomous, continuous, nested dichotomous, and cancer (including multitumor modeling). BMDS Desktop is an application for running dose-response modeling using a Graphical User Interface (GUI) on a local system, if running BMDS Online is not technically possible or feasible. The bmds-ui Python package installs BMDS Desktop; it can also be used to deploy the application online, such as the U.S. EPA’s BMDS Online.

Impact/Purpose

The purpose of pybmds is to provide users that are familiar with scripting a powerful tool to use alongside the UI-based BMDS Online and BMDS Desktop.  pybmds is a Python package that gives users all the functionality of Desktop/Online, including dose response modeling for multiple dataset types (continuous, dichotomous, nested dichotomous, multitumor), plotting and summary tables capabilities, model recommendation logic, and reporting in standard Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word reports, along with the ability to implement batch execution for multiple dataset/option set configurations.

Citation

Shapiro, A., Allen Davis, AND Jeff Gift. pybmds and BMDS Desktop software package and documentation. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, 2024.