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filtro vs malariasimulation
A side-by-side editorial comparison of filtro and malariasimulation — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
filtro vs malariasimulation: at a glance
What is filtro?
filtro moves to S7 and multiplies its feature-scoring methods in a single release.
filtro supplies feature-selection filter scores for the tidymodels stack. Version 0.2.0 adds five scoring methods — correlation, random forest importance, information gain, ROC AUC and cross tabulation — and moves the package from S3 to S7. It also gains a ranking layer: show_best_score_* and rank_best_score_* helpers for a single score, plus desirability-function helpers for optimising across several scores at once.
What is malariasimulation?
An individual-based malaria model that added Plasmodium vivax, hypnozoites and all
malariasimulation is an individual-based malaria transmission model. The visible history is short but consequential: v2.0.2 extended the model beyond its original parasite species to Plasmodium vivax, and the most recent tag is not a code release at all but a coordinated snapshot freezing the whole malariaverse suite at a known state.
filtro vs malariasimulation: editorial side-by-side
filtro
0.0ANALYTICS
filtro moves to S7 and multiplies its feature-scoring methods in a single release.
◆ Current state
filtro supplies feature-selection filter scores for the tidymodels stack. Version 0.2.0 adds five scoring methods — correlation, random forest importance, information gain, ROC AUC and cross tabulation — and moves the package from S3 to S7. It also gains a ranking layer: show_best_score_* and rank_best_score_* helpers for a single score, plus desirability-function helpers for optimising across several scores at once.
◆ Where it's heading
The package is being built out on two axes at once — the catalogue of scores, and the machinery for choosing between them. The desirability functions are the more telling half, since they assume users will filter on several criteria rather than one. Adopting S7 while still pre-1.0 suggests the object model is being settled before the API is frozen.
◆ Prediction
Expect more scoring methods on the same S7 interface and a 1.0 release once the score and ranking APIs stop moving; the ranking helpers' naming is the most likely thing to change first.
malariasimulation
0.0ANALYTICS
An individual-based malaria model that added Plasmodium vivax, hypnozoites and all
◆ Current state
malariasimulation is an individual-based malaria transmission model. The visible history is short but consequential: v2.0.2 extended the model beyond its original parasite species to Plasmodium vivax, and the most recent tag is not a code release at all but a coordinated snapshot freezing the whole malariaverse suite at a known state.
◆ Where it's heading
The direction is toward being a multi-species platform rather than a single-parasite simulator, and toward being usable as a reproducible research artefact. The P. vivax work was not a wrapper over the existing model — it added hypnozoites, competing hazards, an equilibrium solution and species-specific immunity behaviour, while deliberately removing blood and severe immunity components that do not apply. The snapshot tag addresses the other half of that: analyses built on a fast-moving suite need a version set they can return to.
◆ Prediction
The snapshot being tagged immediately before an announced update suggests the next release changes enough to break existing analyses, which is why the freeze was published first. The entries do not say what that update contains.
Alternatives to filtro and malariasimulation
Other Analytics products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either filtro or malariasimulation.
kernelshap
kernelshap makes permutation SHAP practical past eight features, then fixes the kernel weights it had wrong.
modeltime.resample
modeltime.resample exists to keep backtesting working as tidymodels shifts underneath it.
modeltime.ensemble
modeltime.ensemble wakes after four years, and the work is all tune 2.0 compatibility.
shapviz
shapviz refines its SHAP plots release by release while chasing ggplot2's moving target.
hstats
hstats settled into maintenance after its 1.0 restructuring, with model coverage the only thing still growing.
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Recent activity from filtro and malariasimulation
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 2mo agomalariasimulationmalariaverse suite frozen at a reproducible snapshot tag
- 11mo agofiltroFive new filter scores and the move to S7 ⚡
- 11mo agofiltroDevelopment build: score transformation handling
- 1y agomalariasimulationPlasmodium vivax model with hypnozoites and relapse dynamics ⚡
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between filtro and malariasimulation?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. filtro and malariasimulation 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 filtro better than malariasimulation?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. filtro and malariasimulation 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 Analytics products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to filtro?
Top filtro alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "filtro alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/filtro-r for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to malariasimulation?
Top malariasimulation alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "malariasimulation alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/malariasimulation for the full list with editorial commentary on each.