This package provides functions to be used in conjunction with the Sequential package that allows for planning of observational database studies that will be analyzed with exact sequential analysis. This package supports Poisson- and binomial-based data. The primary function, seq_wrapper(...), accepts parameters for simulation of a simple exposure pattern and for the Sequential package setup and analysis functions. The exposure matrix is used to simulate the true and false positive and negative populations (Green (1983) <doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a113521>, Brenner (1993) <doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a116805>). Functions are then run from the Sequential package on these populations, which allows for the exploration of outcome misclassification in data.

This package provides a comprehensive statistical toolbox for National Statistics Institutes (INS) in Africa. Provides functions for survey data import ('KoboToolbox', ODK', CSPro', Excel', Stata', SPSS'), data processing and validation, weighted statistical analysis (descriptive statistics, cross-tabulations, regression, Human Development Index (HDI), Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) following Alkire and Foster (2011) <doi:10.1093/oep/gpr051>, inequalities), visualization (age pyramids, thematic maps, official charts) and dissemination ('SDMX export, DDI metadata, anonymization, Word/PDF reports). Designed to work in resource-constrained environments, offline and in French.

Sensitivity analysis for tests, confidence intervals and estimates in matched observational studies with one or more controls using weighted or unweighted Huber-Maritz M-tests (including the permutational t-test). The method is from Rosenbaum (2014) Weighted M-statistics with superior design sensitivity in matched observational studies with multiple controls JASA, 109(507), 1145-1158 <doi:10.1080/01621459.2013.879261>.

Dictionary-like reference for computing scoring rules in a wide range of situations. Covers both parametric forecast distributions (such as mixtures of Gaussians) and distributions generated via simulation. Further details can be found in the package vignettes <doi:10.18637/jss.v090.i12>, <doi:10.18637/jss.v110.i08>.

The methods discussed in this package are new non-parametric methods based on sequential normal scores SNS (Conover et al (2017) <doi:10.1080/07474946.2017.1360091>), designed for sequences of observations, usually time series data, which may occur singly or in batches, and may be univariate or multivariate. These methods are designed to detect changes in the process, which may occur as changes in location (mean or median), changes in scale (standard deviation, or variance), or other changes of interest in the distribution of the observations, over the time observed. They usually apply to large data sets, so computations need to be simple enough to be done in a reasonable time on a computer, and easily updated as each new observation (or batch of observations) becomes available. Some examples and more detail in SNS is presented in the work by Conover et al (2019) <arXiv:1901.04443>.

An automatic cluster-based annotation pipeline based on evidence-based score by matching the marker genes with known cell markers in tissue-specific cell taxonomy reference database for single-cell RNA-seq data. See Shao X, et al (2020) <doi:10.1016/j.isci.2020.100882> for more details.

This package provides extensions for package sitree for allometric variables, growth, mortality, recruitment, management, tree removal and external modifiers functions.

This package provides methods to detect structural changes in time series or random fields (spatial data). Focus is on the detection of abrupt changes or trends in independent data, but the package also provides a function to de-correlate data with dependence. The functions are based on the test suggested in Schmidt (2024) <DOI:10.3150/23-BEJ1686> and the work in Görz and Fried (2025) <DOI:10.48550/arXiv.2512.11599>.

An introduction to several novel predictive variable selection methods for random forest. They are based on various variable importance methods (i.e., averaged variable importance (AVI), and knowledge informed AVI (i.e., KIAVI, and KIAVI2)) and predictive accuracy in stepwise algorithms. For details of the variable selection methods, please see: Li, J., Siwabessy, J., Huang, Z. and Nichol, S. (2019) <doi:10.3390/geosciences9040180>. Li, J., Alvarez, B., Siwabessy, J., Tran, M., Huang, Z., Przeslawski, R., Radke, L., Howard, F., Nichol, S. (2017). <DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.27686.22085>.

The Statistical Learning Theory (SLT) provides the theoretical background to ensure that a supervised algorithm generalizes the mapping f:X -> Y given f is selected from its search space bias F. This formal result depends on the Shattering coefficient function N(F,2n) to upper bound the empirical risk minimization principle, from which one can estimate the necessary training sample size to ensure the probabilistic learning convergence and, most importantly, the characterization of the capacity of F, including its under and overfitting abilities while addressing specific target problems. In this context, we propose a new approach to estimate the maximal number of hyperplanes required to shatter a given sample, i.e., to separate every pair of points from one another, based on the recent contributions by Har-Peled and Jones in the dataset partitioning scenario, and use such foundation to analytically compute the Shattering coefficient function for both binary and multi-class problems. As main contributions, one can use our approach to study the complexity of the search space bias F, estimate training sample sizes, and parametrize the number of hyperplanes a learning algorithm needs to address some supervised task, what is specially appealing to deep neural networks. Reference: de Mello, R.F. (2019) "On the Shattering Coefficient of Supervised Learning Algorithms" <arXiv:1911.05461>; de Mello, R.F., Ponti, M.A. (2018, ISBN: 978-3319949888) "Machine Learning: A Practical Approach on the Statistical Learning Theory".

Single-index mixture cure models allow estimating the probability of cure and the latency depending on a vector (or functional) covariate, avoiding the curse of dimensionality. The vector of parameters that defines the model can be estimated by maximum likelihood. A nonparametric estimator for the conditional density of the susceptible population is provided. For more details, see Piñeiro-Lamas (2024) (<https://ruc.udc.es/dspace/handle/2183/37035>). Funding: This work, integrated into the framework of PERTE for Vanguard Health, has been co-financed by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities with funds from the European Union NextGenerationEU, from the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR-C17.I1) and from the Autonomous Community of Galicia within the framework of the Biotechnology Plan Applied to Health.

In the recent past, measurement of coverage has been mainly through two-stage cluster sampled surveys either as part of a nutrition assessment or through a specific coverage survey known as Centric Systematic Area Sampling (CSAS). However, such methods are resource intensive and often only used for final programme evaluation meaning results arrive too late for programme adaptation. SLEAC, which stands for Simplified Lot Quality Assurance Sampling Evaluation of Access and Coverage, is a low resource method designed specifically to address this limitation and is used regularly for monitoring, planning and importantly, timely improvement to programme quality, both for agency and Ministry of Health (MoH) led programmes. SLEAC is designed to complement the Semi-quantitative Evaluation of Access and Coverage (SQUEAC) method. This package provides functions for use in conducting a SLEAC assessment.

This package implements deterministic classification keys for the World Reference Base for Soil Resources ('WRB') 2022, 4th edition (IUSS Working Group WRB, 2022, ISBN:979-8-9862451-1-9), the Brazilian System of Soil Classification ('SiBCS') 5th edition (Santos et al., 2018, ISBN:978-85-7035-800-4) and the United States Department of Agriculture ('USDA') Soil Taxonomy 13th edition (Soil Survey Staff, 2022, <https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/resources/guides-and-instructions/keys-to-soil-taxonomy>). Provides a unified profile representation with explicit per-attribute provenance, multimodal extraction from field reports and photos via vision-language models (VLM), spatial priors from SoilGrids (Poggio et al., 2021, <doi:10.5194/soil-7-217-2021>) and national soil maps, and gap-filling of soil attributes from visible-near-infrared (Vis-NIR) or mid-infrared (MIR) spectra via the Open Soil Spectral Library ('OSSL'; Safanelli et al., 2025, <doi:10.7717/peerj.18908>). The taxonomic key itself is never delegated to a large language model (LLM); LLMs are restricted to schema-validated extraction. Each classification result reports a key trace, a provenance-aware evidence grade, and ambiguities that further measurement would resolve.

Takes as input a stable oxygen isotope (d18O) profile measured in growth direction (D) through a shell + uncertainties in both variables (d18O_err & D_err). It then models the seasonality in the d18O record by fitting a combination of a growth and temperature sine wave to year-length chunks of the data (see Judd et al., (2018) <doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.09.034>). This modeling is carried out along a sliding window through the data and yields estimates of the day of the year (Julian Day) and local growth rate for each data point. Uncertainties in both modeling routine and the data itself are propagated and pooled to obtain a confidence envelope around the age of each data point in the shell. The end result is a shell chronology consisting of estimated ages of shell formation relative to the annual cycle with their uncertainties. All formulae in the package serve this purpose, but the user can customize the model (e.g. number of days in a year and the mineralogy of the shell carbonate) through input parameters.

This package implements atom-based regression models (ABRM) for analyzing spatially misaligned data. Provides functions for simulating misaligned spatial data, preparing NIMBLE model inputs, running MCMC diagnostics, and providing results. All main functions return S3 objects with print(), summary(), and plot() methods for intuitive result exploration. Methods originally described in Mugglin et al. (2000) <doi:10.1080/01621459.2000.10474279>, further investigated in Trevisani & Gelfand (2013), and applied in Nethery et al. (2023) <doi:10.1101/2023.01.10.23284410>.

Plots survival models from the survival package. Additionally, it plots curves of multistate models from the mstate package. Typically, a plot is drawn by the sequence survplot(), confIntArea(), survCurve() and nrAtRisk(). The separation of the plot in this 4 functions allows for great flexibility to make a custom plot for publication.

This is a compilation of my preferred themes and related theme elements for ggplot2'. I believe these themes and theme elements are aesthetically pleasing, both for pedagogical instruction and for the presentation of applied statistical research to a wide audience. These themes imply routine use of easily obtained/free fonts, simple forms of which are included in this package.

By adding dependencies to the "Suggests" field of a package's DESCRIPTION file, and then declaring that they are needed within any dependent functionality, it is often possible to significantly reduce the number of "hard" dependencies required by a package. This package provides a minimal way to declare when a suggested package is needed.

Implementations of stochastic, limited-memory quasi-Newton optimizers, similar in spirit to the LBFGS (Limited-memory Broyden-Fletcher-Goldfarb-Shanno) algorithm, for smooth stochastic optimization. Implements the following methods: oLBFGS (online LBFGS) (Schraudolph, N.N., Yu, J. and Guenter, S., 2007 <http://proceedings.mlr.press/v2/schraudolph07a.html>), SQN (stochastic quasi-Newton) (Byrd, R.H., Hansen, S.L., Nocedal, J. and Singer, Y., 2016 <arXiv:1401.7020>), adaQN (adaptive quasi-Newton) (Keskar, N.S., Berahas, A.S., 2016, <arXiv:1511.01169>). Provides functions for easily creating R objects with partial_fit/predict methods from some given objective/gradient/predict functions. Includes an example stochastic logistic regression using these optimizers. Provides header files and registered C routines for using it directly from C/C++.

Fetch data on targeted public investments from Plataforma +Brasil (SICONV) <http://plataformamaisbrasil.gov.br/>, the responsible system for requests, execution, and monitoring of federal discretionary transfers in Brazil.

Sampling procedures from the book Stichproben - Methoden und praktische Umsetzung mit R by Goeran Kauermann and Helmut Kuechenhoff (2010).

Many complex diseases are known to be affected by the interactions between genetic variants and environmental exposures beyond the main genetic and environmental effects. Existing Bayesian methods for gene-environment (GÃ E) interaction studies are challenged by the high-dimensional nature of the study and the complexity of environmental influences. We have developed a novel and powerful semi-parametric Bayesian variable selection method that can accommodate linear and nonlinear GÃ E interactions simultaneously (Ren et al. (2020) <doi:10.1002/sim.8434>). Furthermore, the proposed method can conduct structural identification by distinguishing nonlinear interactions from main effects only case within Bayesian framework. Spike-and-slab priors are incorporated on both individual and group level to shrink coefficients corresponding to irrelevant main and interaction effects to zero exactly. The Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithms of the proposed and alternative methods are efficiently implemented in C++.

An interface to access data from Substack publications via API. Users can fetch the latest, top, search for specific posts, or retrieve a single post by its slug. This functionality is useful for developers and researchers looking to analyze Substack content or integrate it into their applications. For more information, visit the API documentation at <https://substackapi.dev/introduction>.

An R API providing access to a relational database with macroeconomic time series data for South Africa, obtained from the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) and Statistics South Africa (STATSSA), and updated on a weekly basis via the EconData <https://www.econdata.co.za/> platform and automated scraping of the SARB and STATSSA websites. The database is maintained at the Department of Economics at Stellenbosch University.