Set of the data science tools created by various members of the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) community. These functions were initially written largely as standalone operations and have later been aggregated into this package.

An implementation of the Log Cumulative Probability Model (LCPM) and Proportional Probability Model (PPM) for which the Maximum Likelihood Estimates are determined using constrained optimization. This implementation accounts for the implicit constraints on the parameter space. Other features such as standard errors, z tests and p-values use standard methods adapted from the results based on constrained optimization.

Letter Values for the course Exploratory Data Analysis at Federal University of Bahia (Brazil). The approach implemented in the package is presented in the textbook of Tukey (1977) <ISBN: 978-0201076165>.

An emulator designed for rapid sequential emulation (e.g., Markov chain Monte Carlo applications). Works via extension of the laGP approach by Gramacy and Apley (2015 <doi:10.1080/10618600.2014.914442>). Details are given in Rumsey et al. (2023 <doi:10.1002/sta4.576>).

Generates the Langa-Weir classification of cognitive function for the 2022 Health and Retirement Study (HRS) cognition data. It is particularly useful for researchers studying cognitive aging who wish to work with the most recent release of HRS data. The package provides user-friendly functions for data preprocessing, scoring, and classification allowing users to easily apply the Langa-Weir classification system. For details regarding the; HRS <https://hrsdata.isr.umich.edu/> and Langa-Weir classifications <https://hrsdata.isr.umich.edu/data-products/langa-weir-classification-cognitive-function-1995-2022>.

Implementation of a theoretically supported alternative to k-nearest neighbors for functional data to solve problems of estimating unobserved segments of a partially observed functional data sample, functional classification and outlier detection. The approximating neighbor curves are piecewise functions built from a functional sample. Instead of a distance on a function space we use a locally defined distance function that satisfies stabilization criteria. The package allows the implementation of the methodology and the replication of the results in Elà as, A., Jiménez, R. and Yukich, J. (2020) <arXiv:2007.16059>.

Miscellaneous R functions (for graphics, data import, data transformation, and general utilities) and templates (for exploratory analysis, Bayesian modeling, and crafting scientific manuscripts).

Principal component analysis (PCA) is one of the most widely used data analysis techniques. This package provides a series of vignettes explaining PCA starting from basic concepts. The primary purpose is to serve as a self-study resource for anyone wishing to understand PCA better. A few convenience functions are provided as well.

Constructs likelihood models from heterogeneous observation types by composing named contributions. Each observation type (exact, left-censored, right-censored, interval-censored, or custom) contributes independently to the total log-likelihood, which is summed under an i.i.d. assumption. Provides contr_name() for standard R distributions and contr_fn() for user-defined contributions, composed via likelihood_contr() into objects compatible with the likelihood.model inference framework.

This package implements tree-based methods for longitudinal data. The package constructs decision trees that evaluate both the main effect of a covariate and its interaction with time through a weighted splitting criterion. It supports single-tree construction, bootstrap-based multiple-tree selection, and tree visualisation. For methodological details, see Obata and Sugimoto (2026) <doi:10.1007/s11634-025-00665-2>.

Local Polynomial Regression with Ridging.

Density, distribution function, quantile function and random generation for the L-Logistic distribution with parameters m and phi. The parameter m is the median of the distribution.

This package provides methods for the interpolation of large spatial datasets. This package uses a basis function approach that provides a surface fitting method that can approximate standard spatial data models. Using a large number of basis functions allows for estimates that can come close to interpolating the observations (a spatial model with a small nugget variance.) Moreover, the covariance model for this method can approximate the Matern covariance family but also allows for a multi-resolution model and supports efficient computation of the profile likelihood for estimating covariance parameters. This is accomplished through compactly supported basis functions and a Markov random field model for the basis coefficients. These features lead to sparse matrices for the computations and this package makes of the R spam package for sparse linear algebra. An extension of this version over previous ones ( < 5.4 ) is the support for different geometries besides a rectangular domain. The Markov random field approach combined with a basis function representation makes the implementation of different geometries simple where only a few specific R functions need to be added with most of the computation and evaluation done by generic routines that have been tuned to be efficient. One benefit of this package's model/approach is the facility to do unconditional and conditional simulation of the field for large numbers of arbitrary points. There is also the flexibility for estimating non-stationary covariances and also the case when the observations are a linear combination (e.g. an integral) of the spatial process. Included are generic methods for prediction, standard errors for prediction, plotting of the estimated surface and conditional and unconditional simulation. See the LatticeKrigRPackage GitHub repository for a vignette of this package. Development of this package was supported in part by the National Science Foundation Grant 1417857 and the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

Analysis of dichotomous, ordinal, and continuous response data using latent space item response model ('LSIRM'). Provides 1PL and 2PL LSIRM for binary response data as described in Jeon et al. (2021) <doi:10.1007/s11336-021-09762-5>, graded response models ('GRM') for ordinal data (De Carolis et al., 2025, <doi:10.1080/00273171.2025.2605678>), and extensions for continuous response data. Supports Bayesian model selection with spike-and-slab priors, adaptive MCMC algorithms, and methods for handling missing data under missing at random ('MAR') and missing completely at random ('MCAR') assumptions. Provides various diagnostic plots to inspect the latent space and summaries of estimated parameters.

This package provides a collection of colour palettes inspired by some of our dearest butterfly species. This package provides continuous and categorical palettes, including some colour blind friendly options.

Alternate font rendering is useful when rendering text to novel graphics outputs where modern font rendering is not available or where bespoke text positioning is required. Bitmap and vector fonts allow for custom layout and rendering using pixel coordinates and line drawing. Formatted text is created as a data.frame of pixel coordinates (for bitmap fonts) or stroke coordinates (for vector fonts). All text can be easily previewed as a matrix or raster image. A selection of fonts is included with this package.

My PhD supervisor once told me that everyone doing newspaper analysis starts by writing code to read in files from the LexisNexis newspaper archive (retrieved e.g., from <https://www.lexisnexis.com/> or any of the partner sites). However, while this is a nice exercise I do recommend, not everyone has the time. This package takes files downloaded from the newspaper archive of LexisNexis', reads them into R and offers functions for further processing.

Read, register and compare point sets from single molecule localization microscopy.

Simplex optimization algorithms as firstly proposed by Spendley et al. (1962) <doi:10.1080/00401706.1962.10490033> and later modified by Nelder and Mead (1965) <doi:10.1093/comjnl/7.4.308> for laboratory and manufacturing processes. The package also provides tools for graphical representation of the simplexes and some example response surfaces that are useful in illustrating the optimization process.

Miscellaneous scripts, e.g. functionality to make and plot factor diagrams for the statistical design.

Detect feedback loops (cycles, circuits) between species (nodes) in ordinary differential equation (ODE) models. Feedback loops are paths from a node to itself without visiting any other node twice, and they have important regulatory functions. Loops are reported with their order of participating nodes and their length, and whether the loop is a positive or a negative feedback loop. An upper limit of the number of feedback loops limits runtime (which scales with feedback loop count). Model parametrizations and values of the modelled variables are accounted for. Computation uses the characteristics of the Jacobian matrix as described e.g. in Thomas and Kaufman (2002) <doi:10.1016/s1631-0691(02)01452-x>. Input can be the Jacobian matrix of the ODE model or the ODE function definition; in the latter case, the Jacobian matrix is determined using numDeriv'. Graph-based algorithms from igraph are employed for path detection.

This package provides a system for fitting Logistic Curve by Rhodes Method. Method for fitting logistic curve by Rhodes Method is described in A.M.Gun,M.K.Gupta and B.Dasgupta(2019,ISBN:81-87567-81-3).

The Length-Biased Power Garima distribution for computes the probability density, the cumulative density distribution and the quantile function of the distribution, and generates sample values with random variables based on Kittipong and Sirinapa(2021)<DOI: 10.14456/sjst-psu.2021.89>.

This package provides R bindings to the llama.cpp library for running large language models. The package uses a lightweight architecture where the C++ backend library is downloaded at runtime rather than bundled with the package. Package features include text generation, reproducible generation, and parallel inference.