Analyzing Wildlife Data with Detection Error

Models for analyzing site occupancy and count data models with detection error, including single-visit based models (Lele et al. 2012 , Moreno et al. 2010 , Solymos et al. 2012 , Denes et al. 2016 ), conditional distance sampling and time-removal models (QPAD) (Solymos et al. 2013 , Solymos et al. 2018 ), and single bin QPAD (SQPAD) models (Lele & Solymos 2025 ). Package development was supported by the Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute and the Boreal Avian Modelling Project.

Kernel-Based Machine Learning Lab

Kernel-based machine learning methods for classification, regression, clustering, novelty detection, quantile regression and dimensionality reduction. Among other methods 'kernlab' includes Support Vector Machines, Spectral Clustering, Kernel PCA, Gaussian Processes and a QP solver.

Visualization of a Correlation Matrix

Provides a visual exploratory tool on correlation matrix that supports automatic variable reordering to help detect hidden patterns among variables.

Methods for Detection of Clusters in Hierarchical Clustering Dendrograms

Contains methods for detection of clusters in hierarchical clustering dendrograms.

Tools for Social Network Analysis

A range of tools for social network analysis, including node and graph-level indices, structural distance and covariance methods, structural equivalence detection, network regression, random graph generation, and 2D/3D network visualization.

Methods for Changepoint Detection

Implements various mainstream and specialised changepoint methods for finding single and multiple changepoints within data. Many popular non-parametric and frequentist methods are included. The cpt.mean(), cpt.var(), cpt.meanvar() functions should be your first point of call.

Non-Parametric Trend Tests and Change-Point Detection

The analysis of environmental data often requires the detection of trends and change-points. This package includes tests for trend detection (Cox-Stuart Trend Test, Mann-Kendall Trend Test, (correlated) Hirsch-Slack Test, partial Mann-Kendall Trend Test, multivariate (multisite) Mann-Kendall Trend Test, (Seasonal) Sen's slope, partial Pearson and Spearman correlation trend test), change-point detection (Lanzante's test procedures, Pettitt's test, Buishand Range Test, Buishand U Test, Standard Normal Homogeinity Test), detection of non-randomness (Wallis-Moore Phase Frequency Test, Bartels rank von Neumann's ratio test, Wald-Wolfowitz Test) and the two sample Robust Rank-Order Distributional Test.

Various R Programming Tools

Functions to assist in R programming, including: - assist in developing, updating, and maintaining R and R packages ('ask', 'checkRVersion', 'getDependencies', 'keywords', 'scat'), - calculate the logit and inverse logit transformations ('logit', 'inv.logit'), - test if a value is missing, empty or contains only NA and NULL values ('invalid'), - manipulate R's .Last function ('addLast'), - define macros ('defmacro'), - detect odd and even integers ('odd', 'even'), - convert strings containing non-ASCII characters (like single quotes) to plain ASCII ('ASCIIfy'), - perform a binary search ('binsearch'), - sort strings containing both numeric and character components ('mixedsort'), - create a factor variable from the quantiles of a continuous variable ('quantcut'), - enumerate permutations and combinations ('combinations', 'permutation'), - calculate and convert between fold-change and log-ratio ('foldchange', 'logratio2foldchange', 'foldchange2logratio'), - calculate probabilities and generate random numbers from Dirichlet distributions ('rdirichlet', 'ddirichlet'), - apply a function over adjacent subsets of a vector ('running'), - modify the TCP_NODELAY ('de-Nagle') flag for socket objects, - efficient 'rbind' of data frames, even if the column names don't match ('smartbind'), - generate significance stars from p-values ('stars.pval'), - convert characters to/from ASCII codes ('asc', 'chr'), - convert character vector to ASCII representation ('ASCIIfy'), - apply title capitalization rules to a character vector ('capwords').

Fast Covariance Estimation for Sparse Functional Data

We implement the Fast Covariance Estimation for Sparse Functional Data paper published in Statistics and Computing .

Vector Generalized Linear and Additive Models

An implementation of about 6 major classes of statistical regression models. The central algorithm is Fisher scoring and iterative reweighted least squares. At the heart of this package are the vector generalized linear and additive model (VGLM/VGAM) classes. VGLMs can be loosely thought of as multivariate GLMs. VGAMs are data-driven VGLMs that use smoothing. The book "Vector Generalized Linear and Additive Models: With an Implementation in R" (Yee, 2015) gives details of the statistical framework and the package. Currently only fixed-effects models are implemented. Many (100+) models and distributions are estimated by maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) or penalized MLE. The other classes are RR-VGLMs (reduced-rank VGLMs), quadratic RR-VGLMs, doubly constrained RR-VGLMs, quadratic RR-VGLMs, reduced-rank VGAMs, RCIMs (row-column interaction models)---these classes perform constrained and unconstrained quadratic ordination (CQO/UQO) models in ecology, as well as constrained additive ordination (CAO). Hauck-Donner effect detection is implemented. Note that these functions are subject to change; see the NEWS and ChangeLog files for latest changes.