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enpls

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Velocity0.0

Algorithmic framework for measuring feature importance, outlier detection, model applicability evaluation, and ensemble predictive modeling with (sparse) partial least squares regr

github.com/nanxstats/enpls ↗

enpls has not changed its statistics since 2016 — only its website, twice.

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◆Current state
enpls implements ensemble partial least squares regression, with variants for feature selection, outlier detection and model applicability. Across the six most recent releases there is not one change to the modeling code. They cover a documentation website, a website URL change, a font stack, code indentation, a CI service, and most recently a GitHub Actions migration with an R CMD check note fix.
◆Where it's heading
The statistical work finished around version 5.6, which added cross-validation fold control and fixed component selection when the maximum was left unspecified. Everything since has kept the package installable and its docs online. The 2025 release arriving the same day as sibling package grex, with the same two fixes, confirms the pattern: these are maintainer sweeps across a portfolio, not attention to enpls specifically.
◆Prediction
The next release will almost certainly be another CRAN or tooling fix. Six consecutive infrastructure-only releases across nine years give no basis for expecting new methods.

◆Recent moves

  1. 1y ago

    enpls 6.1.1 moves pkgdown to GitHub Actions

    The docs site build moves to GitHub Actions and an r-devel check note about invalid README file URIs is cleared. Identical in substance to what sibling package grex shipped the same day.

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  2. 7y ago

    enpls 6.1 adopts tidyverse code style

    Source reformatting, vignette styling and repository link updates after a GitHub handle change. A version bump for cosmetics.

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  3. 8y ago

    enpls 6.0 changes the documentation URL

    A major version number for a new documentation website address. The versioning here does not track user-facing change.

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  4. 8y ago

    enpls 5.9 drops Google Fonts from vignettes

    A system font stack replaces Google Fonts to sidestep a pandoc SSL issue — the same workaround grex took the same month.

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  5. 9y ago

    enpls 5.8 updates gallery images, enables HTTPS

    README images, code indentation and HTTPS for the website. Nothing reaches the package's functions.

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  6. 9y ago

    enpls 5.7 adds a pkgdown site and Windows CI

    A generated documentation site with full function reference, plus AppVeyor for Windows builds. The most substantial of the infrastructure releases, and still not a change any model fit would notice.

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