Table 2.

File and variable naming conventions in the proposed DARTH coding framework.

Object type	Naming recommendation	Examples
Files	dir/<component number>_<description>.<ext>	• analysis/θ1_model_inputs.R • R/θ2_simulation_model_functions.R
Functions	<action!>_<description>	• generate_init_params() • generate_psa_params()
Variables	<x>_<y>_<var_name> where x = data type prefix y = variable type prefix var_name = brief descriptor	• n_samp • hr_S1D • v_r_mort_by_age • a_M • l_params_all • df_out_ce