Includes some procedures for latent variable modeling with a particular focus on multilevel data. The LAM package contains mean and covariance structure modelling for multivariate normally distributed data (mlnormal(); Longford, 1987; <doi:10.1093/biomet/74.4.817>), a general Metropolis-Hastings algorithm (amh(); Roberts & Rosenthal, 2001, <doi:10.1214/ss/1015346320>) and penalized maximum likelihood estimation (pmle(); Cole, Chu & Greenland, 2014; <doi:10.1093/aje/kwt245>).

This package provides a suite of tools to use the eBird database (<https://ebird.org/home/>) and APIs to compare users species lists to recent observations and create a report of the top sites to visit to see new species.

This package provides a set of functions for analyzing the structure of forests based on the leaf area density (LAD) and leaf area index (LAI) measures calculated from Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS), i.e., scanning lidar (Light Detection and Ranging) data. The methodology is discussed and described in Almeida et al. (2019) <doi:10.3390/rs11010092> and Stark et al. (2012) <doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01864.x>.

Interfaces R with LSD simulation models. Reads object-oriented data in results files (.res[.gz]) produced by LSD and creates appropriate multi-dimensional arrays in R. Supports multiple core parallel threads of multi-file data reading for increased performance. Also provides functions to extract basic information and statistics from data files. LSD (Laboratory for Simulation Development) is free software developed by Marco Valente and Marcelo C. Pereira (documentation and downloads available at <https://www.labsimdev.org/>).

This package provides tools to help storing and handling case line list data. The linelist class adds a tagging system to classical data.frame objects to identify key epidemiological data such as dates of symptom onset, epidemiological case definition, age, gender or disease outcome. Once tagged, these variables can be seamlessly used in downstream analyses, making data pipelines more robust and reliable.

An HTML widget that randomly tours 2D projections of numerical data. A random walk through projections of the data is shown. The user can manipulate the plot to use specified axes, or turn on Guided Tour mode to find an informative projection of the data. Groups within the data can be hidden or shown, as can particular axes. Points can be brushed, and the selection can be linked to other widgets using crosstalk. The underlying method to produce the random walk and projection pursuit uses Langevin dynamics. The widget can be used from within R, or included in a self-contained R Markdown or Quarto document or presentation, or used in a Shiny app.

This package provides a collection of parametric and nonparametric methods for the analysis of survival data. Parametric families implemented include Gompertz-Makeham, exponential and generalized Pareto models and extended models. The package includes an implementation of the nonparametric maximum likelihood estimator for arbitrary truncation and censoring pattern based on Turnbull (1976) <doi:10.1111/j.2517-6161.1976.tb01597.x>, along with graphical goodness-of-fit diagnostics. Parametric models for positive random variables and peaks over threshold models based on extreme value theory are described in Rootzén and Zholud (2017) <doi:10.1007/s10687-017-0305-5>; Belzile et al. (2021) <doi:10.1098/rsos.202097> and Belzile et al. (2022) <doi:10.1146/annurev-statistics-040120-025426>.

Create interactive time series visualizations. linevis includes an extensive API to manipulate time series after creation, and supports getting data out of the visualization. Based on the timevis package and the vis.js Timeline JavaScript library <https://visjs.github.io/vis-timeline/docs/graph2d/>.

This package provides stochastic EM algorithms for latent variable models with a high-dimensional latent space. So far, we provide functions for confirmatory item factor analysis based on the multidimensional two parameter logistic (M2PL) model and the generalized multidimensional partial credit model. These functions scale well for problems with many latent traits (e.g., thirty or even more) and are virtually tuning-free. The computation is facilitated by multiprocessing OpenMP API. For more information, please refer to: Zhang, S., Chen, Y., & Liu, Y. (2018). An Improved Stochastic EM Algorithm for Large-scale Full-information Item Factor Analysis. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology. <doi:10.1111/bmsp.12153>.

Calculates and plots Handedness index (HI), absolute HI, mean HI and z-score which are commonly used indexes for the study of hand preference (laterality) in non-human primates.

Generate a local library copy with relevant packages. All packages currently found within the search path - except base packages - will be copied to the directory provided and can be used later on with the .libPaths() function.

Determine a Prototype from a number of runs of Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) measuring its similarities with S-CLOP: A procedure to select the LDA run with highest mean pairwise similarity, which is measured by S-CLOP (Similarity of multiple sets by Clustering with Local Pruning), to all other runs. LDA runs are specified by its assignments leading to estimators for distribution parameters. Repeated runs lead to different results, which we encounter by choosing the most representative LDA run as prototype.

This package provides a set of tools designed to enhance transparency and understanding of date-time manipulation functions from the lubridate package. It provides detailed feedback about the operations performed by lubridate functions, allowing users to better comprehend and debug their code. These insights serve as both a learning tool for newcomers and a debugging aid for programmers working with date-time data.

Implementation of robust and sparse PCA algorithm of Wang and Van Aelst (2019) <DOI:10.1080/00401706.2019.1671234>.

Implementations of estimation algorithm of low rank plus sparse structured VAR model by using Fast Iterative Shrinkage-Thresholding Algorithm (FISTA). It relates to the algorithm in Sumanta, Li, and Michailidis (2019) <doi:10.1109/TSP.2018.2887401>.

This package provides tools for detecting and correcting sample mix-ups between two sets of measurements, such as between gene expression data on two tissues. Broman et al. (2015) <doi:10.1534/g3.115.019778>.

This package provides access to the LDlink API (<https://ldlink.nih.gov/?tab=apiaccess>) using the R console. This programmatic access facilitates researchers who are interested in performing batch queries in 1000 Genomes Project (2015) <doi:10.1038/nature15393> data using LDlink'. LDlink is an interactive and powerful suite of web-based tools for querying germline variants in human population groups of interest. For more details, please see Machiela et al. (2015) <doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btv402>.

Fits and tests logistic joinpoint models.

Adds smoothing spline modelling capability to nlme. Fits smoothing spline terms in Gaussian linear and nonlinear mixed-effects models.

Measure similarity between texts. Offers a variety of processing tools and similarity metrics to facilitate flexible representation of texts and matching. Implements forms of Language Style Matching (Ireland & Pennebaker, 2010) <doi:10.1037/a0020386> and Latent Semantic Analysis (Landauer & Dumais, 1997) <doi:10.1037/0033-295X.104.2.211>.

This package contains a suite of shiny applications meant to explore linear model inference feature through simulation and games.

Analysis, imputation, and multiple imputation of count data using covariates. LORI uses a log-linear Poisson model where main row and column effects, as well as effects of known covariates and interaction terms can be fitted. The estimation procedure is based on the convex optimization of the Poisson loss penalized by a Lasso type penalty and a nuclear norm. LORI returns estimates of main effects, covariate effects and interactions, as well as an imputed count table. The package also contains a multiple imputation procedure. The methods are described in Robin, Josse, Moulines and Sardy (2019) <doi:10.1016/j.jmva.2019.04.004>.

This package creates a series of sets of graphics and statistics related to the longitudinal cascade, all included in a single object. The longitudinal cascade inputs longitudinal data to identify gaps in the HIV and related cascades by observing differences using time to event and survival methods. The stage definitions are set by the user, with default standard options. Outputs include graphics, datasets, and formal statistical tests.

Hidden Markov Model (HMM) based on symmetric lambda distribution framework is implemented for the study of return time-series in the financial market. Major features in the S&P500 index, such as regime identification, volatility clustering, and anti-correlation between return and volatility, can be extracted from HMM cleanly. Univariate symmetric lambda distribution is essentially a location-scale family of exponential power distribution. Such distribution is suitable for describing highly leptokurtic time series obtained from the financial market. It provides a theoretically solid foundation to explore such data where the normal distribution is not adequate. The HMM implementation follows closely the book: "Hidden Markov Models for Time Series", by Zucchini, MacDonald, Langrock (2016).