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Comparison · Infra & APIs
adjustedCurves vs IsoriX
A side-by-side editorial comparison of adjustedCurves and IsoriX — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
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adjustedCurves vs IsoriX: at a glance
What is adjustedCurves?
A survival curve package spending release after release correcting its own estimates
adjustedCurves computes confounder-adjusted survival and cumulative incidence curves across a range of estimators - IPTW, AIPTW, Aalen-Johansen, direct standardisation - with support for multiple imputation and bootstrapping. The recent releases are dominated by corrections to numbers the package already reported. Version 0.11.4 fixed cumulative incidence estimates under method="aalen_johansen" that were being read one time step early, which the maintainer notes could differ substantially when events are few, and added risk and event counts to the ggsurvplot conversion including correctly pooled values under multiple imputation.
What is IsoriX?
An isotope geolocation package still recovering from the r-spatial retirement
IsoriX builds isoscapes and assigns organisms to geographic origin from stable isotope data. Its recent history is defined by the October 2023 retirement of the old R spatial stack: version 0.9.1 recoded substantial parts of the package to drop raster and sp, 0.9.2 restored capabilities that migration had broken - saving and reloading IsoriX objects, and plotting ocean masks containing holes - and documented the new plotting calls that replace the old sp.polygons and sp.points idioms. Since then 0.9.3 revised the bundled bat calibration datasets and 0.9.4 moved the documentation off bookdown.org.
adjustedCurves vs IsoriX: editorial side-by-side
adjustedCurves
0.0INFRA · APIS
A survival curve package spending release after release correcting its own estimates
◆ Current state
adjustedCurves computes confounder-adjusted survival and cumulative incidence curves across a range of estimators - IPTW, AIPTW, Aalen-Johansen, direct standardisation - with support for multiple imputation and bootstrapping. The recent releases are dominated by corrections to numbers the package already reported. Version 0.11.4 fixed cumulative incidence estimates under method="aalen_johansen" that were being read one time step early, which the maintainer notes could differ substantially when events are few, and added risk and event counts to the ggsurvplot conversion including correctly pooled values under multiple imputation.
◆ Where it's heading
Multiple imputation is the recurring fault line. The standard error pooling formula was implemented incorrectly until 0.11.2, then fixed again in 0.11.3 for the bootstrapping-plus-imputation combination, and 0.11.4 added the pooled risk table values that had previously been omitted entirely. A separate thread quietly removed capability: tmle and ostmle methods went in 0.10.0, and tmle support was pulled again in 0.11.1 after the concrete package left CRAN. Feature work does happen - risk tables, contrast arguments, the extend_to_last control on IPTW curves - but it is outweighed by correction.
◆ Prediction
Expect continued estimator-level corrections rather than new methods, and a possible return of tmle support if its upstream dependency returns to CRAN, since the removal was described as temporary.
IsoriX
0.0INFRA · APIS
An isotope geolocation package still recovering from the r-spatial retirement
◆ Current state
IsoriX builds isoscapes and assigns organisms to geographic origin from stable isotope data. Its recent history is defined by the October 2023 retirement of the old R spatial stack: version 0.9.1 recoded substantial parts of the package to drop raster and sp, 0.9.2 restored capabilities that migration had broken - saving and reloading IsoriX objects, and plotting ocean masks containing holes - and documented the new plotting calls that replace the old sp.polygons and sp.points idioms. Since then 0.9.3 revised the bundled bat calibration datasets and 0.9.4 moved the documentation off bookdown.org.
◆ Where it's heading
Two years of the visible history have gone on infrastructure the science did not ask for. The 0.9.1 notes are unusually candid, warning users that the surrounding package landscape was still in flux and that incompatibility bugs were likely to keep surfacing, which 0.9.2 then confirmed. Only in 0.9.3 does domain work reappear: the bat fur isotope values in the calibration and assignment datasets were corrected to align with current keratin reference material normalisation, so results computed against the old datasets are not comparable with new ones.
◆ Prediction
With the spatial migration settled and the documentation rehomed, the next release is more likely to return to isoscape functionality than to infrastructure, though the entries do not name a specific feature.
Alternatives to adjustedCurves and IsoriX
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Recent activity from adjustedCurves and IsoriX
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 6mo agoadjustedCurvesOff-by-one-step error corrected in cumulative incidence estimates
- 7mo agoIsoriXDocumentation rehomed after bookdown.org shutdown
- 1y agoadjustedCurvesIPTW curves can now extend to the last observed time
- 1y agoIsoriXCalibration datasets corrected to current keratin reference standards
- 2y agoadjustedCurvesDropped arguments and a wrong multiple-imputation pooling formula
- 2y agoadjustedCurvesRisk tables, contrast consolidation and faster bootstrapping
- 2y agoIsoriXSaving objects and masked plotting restored after the spatial migration
- 2y agoIsoriXv0.9.1.9999
- 2y agoIsoriXPackage recoded to drop the retiring spatial dependencies
- 3y agoadjustedCurvestmle and ostmle methods dropped
- 3y agoadjustedCurvesDependency compatibility and installation documentation
- 5y agoIsoriXCRAN release version 0.5
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between adjustedCurves and IsoriX?
Both compete on the same themes — r-package — within Infra & APIs. adjustedCurves and IsoriX are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 0.0 vs 0.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is adjustedCurves better than IsoriX?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. adjustedCurves and IsoriX are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 0.0 vs 0.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Infra & APIs products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to adjustedCurves?
Top adjustedCurves alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "adjustedCurves alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/adjustedcurves for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to IsoriX?
Top IsoriX alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "IsoriX alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/isorix for the full list with editorial commentary on each.