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revdbayes

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Velocity0.0

Ratio-of-Uniforms Sampling for Bayesian Extreme Value Analysis

github.com/paulnorthrop/revdbayes ↗

Extreme value sampling in pure upkeep mode, mostly answering to Rcpp and CRAN.

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◆Current state
revdbayes performs Bayesian extreme value analysis using ratio-of-uniforms sampling, giving random samples rather than MCMC chains. Every entry in the visible window is filed under bug fixes and minor improvements. The most recent, 1.5.7, strips missing values before fitting the generalised Pareto MLE; the two before it are an Rcpp compatibility patch and a response to CRAN check failures that turned out to be false positives.
◆Where it's heading
The methods are settled and the release traffic is external: Rcpp issues, CRAN platform checks, documentation anchor requirements. Two of the six releases exist only because CRAN's check farm flagged something, and one of those flags resolved itself. Sibling package profileCI from the same maintainer has been more active, which suggests attention has moved to newer work rather than away from R entirely.
◆Prediction
Expect further small releases driven by Rcpp or CRAN check changes rather than by the sampling methods.

◆Recent moves

  1. 4mo ago

    Missing values now removed before generalised Pareto MLE fitting

    The one release in the window changing what happens to user data: NA values are stripped before the MLE search in grimshaw_gp_mle() and gp_mle(). Small, but a real behaviour change rather than compliance work.

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  2. 7mo ago

    Rcpp patch applied to avoid masking Rf_error()

    An upstream Rcpp fix adopted verbatim, published a minute after 1.5.5. Representative of how much of this package's release history originates in its dependencies.

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  3. 7mo ago

    Patch for macOS CRAN check errors that proved to be false positives

    A release prompted by CRAN check failures on two macOS platforms which then disappeared on their own. The clearest example of the check farm setting this package's release cadence.

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  4. 2y ago

    Argument documentation corrected; Rd link anchors fixed

    Corrects wrong descriptions of the pars and a arguments and adds missing package anchors. Documentation accuracy work, reported by a user.

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  5. 2y ago

    Rcpp warning fix plus Rd itemize corrections

    Another upstream Rcpp fix adopted to clear CRAN warnings. Same pattern as 1.5.6 two years later.

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  6. 2y ago

    C++11 specification dropped to clear a CRAN note

    Removes an unnecessary compiler standard declaration and tidies package documentation. Compliance housekeeping with no user-facing change.

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