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JointFPM vs ordinalsimr
A side-by-side editorial comparison of JointFPM and ordinalsimr — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
JointFPM vs ordinalsimr: at a glance
What is JointFPM?
Recurrent-event modelling settles, with mean_no() promoted to stable.
JointFPM fits joint flexible parametric models for a recurrent event process alongside a competing terminal event, and predicts the mean number of events. The visible history runs from bug fixes on the earliest CRAN releases through standardization, integration options and a summary method, ending with mean_no() declared stable. Several changes arrived through outside pull requests.
What is ordinalsimr?
A Shiny app for choosing the right ordinal test reached CRAN in a single 90-minute burst of tags.
ordinalsimr compares ordinal endpoints by simulation — you specify probability distributions, sample sizes and iterations, and it runs the candidate statistical tests against them so you can see which behaves best. It is delivered as a Shiny application with a data-entry grid, and its entire release history spans six days in January 2025: three tags inside 90 minutes on the 20th, then a CRAN-compliance release on the 26th.
JointFPM vs ordinalsimr: editorial side-by-side
JointFPM
0.0INFRA · APIS
Recurrent-event modelling settles, with mean_no() promoted to stable.
◆ Current state
JointFPM fits joint flexible parametric models for a recurrent event process alongside a competing terminal event, and predicts the mean number of events. The visible history runs from bug fixes on the earliest CRAN releases through standardization, integration options and a summary method, ending with mean_no() declared stable. Several changes arrived through outside pull requests.
◆ Where it's heading
The arc runs from a working estimator toward a usable one: input validation and error messages first, then control over the numerical integration, then a summary method and pass-through arguments to the underlying rstpm2 fit. The latest release adds no code so much as a stability commitment to a function users were already calling.
◆ Prediction
With mean_no() stable, the next work most likely targets the prediction and standardization paths rather than the model fit itself.
ordinalsimr
0.0INFRA · APIS
A Shiny app for choosing the right ordinal test reached CRAN in a single 90-minute burst of tags.
◆ Current state
ordinalsimr compares ordinal endpoints by simulation — you specify probability distributions, sample sizes and iterations, and it runs the candidate statistical tests against them so you can see which behaves best. It is delivered as a Shiny application with a data-entry grid, and its entire release history spans six days in January 2025: three tags inside 90 minutes on the 20th, then a CRAN-compliance release on the 26th.
◆ Where it's heading
The release bodies are auto-generated pull-request lists covering the repository's whole history, so they read as a build log rather than a changelog: data entry UI, an rhandsontable statistics module, iteration and sample-size modules, binomial confidence intervals, plot tests, and a rename to the current package name late in development. What that log shows is a single-author project built to completion privately and then published all at once, with the public version history existing mainly to satisfy CRAN.
◆ Prediction
With the CRAN submission accepted and no post-release entries in the feed, the next move is most likely a maintenance release; the PR log gives no signal of planned work beyond the tests already implemented.
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Recent activity from JointFPM and ordinalsimr
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 1y agoJointFPMmean_no() promoted to a stable interface
- 1y agoordinalsimrv0.1.3 CRAN submission
- 1y agoordinalsimrOrdinal endpoint simulator submitted to CRAN ⚡
- 1y agoordinalsimrREADME refreshed and DOI added to the citation file
- 1y agoordinalsimrDevelopment tag ahead of the CRAN submission
- 2y agoJointFPMsummary() method and control arguments passed to rstpm2
- 2y agoJointFPMGaussian quadrature option for the mean-events integration
- 2y agoJointFPMStandardized marginal estimates plus input validation
- 2y agoJointFPMBug fixes for differences between mean-event functions
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between JointFPM and ordinalsimr?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. JointFPM and ordinalsimr 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 JointFPM better than ordinalsimr?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. JointFPM and ordinalsimr 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 JointFPM?
Top JointFPM alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "JointFPM alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/jointfpm for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to ordinalsimr?
Top ordinalsimr alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "ordinalsimr alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/ordinalsimr for the full list with editorial commentary on each.