Generalized Additive Extreme Value Models for Location, Scale and Shape

Fits generalized additive models for the location, scale and shape parameters of a generalized extreme value response distribution. The methodology is based on Rigby, R.A. and Stasinopoulos, D.M. (2005), and implemented using functions from the 'gamlss' package .

Small-Area-Estimation Unit/Area Models and Methods for Estimation in R

Provides methods for spatial and spatio-temporal smoothing of demographic and health indicators using survey data, with particular focus on estimating and projecting under-five mortality rates, described in Mercer et al. (2015) , Li et al. (2019) , Wu et al. (DHS Spatial Analysis Reports No. 21, 2021), and Li et al. (2023) .

Read Text Documents into R

A small collection of convenience tools for reading text documents into R.

Forecasting and Early Outbreak Detection for Sparse Count Data

Functions for fitting, forecasting, and early detection of outbreaks in sparse surveillance count time series. Supports negative binomial (NB), self-exciting NB, generalise autoregressive moving average (GARMA) NB , zero-inflated NB (ZINB), self-exciting ZINB, generalise autoregressive moving average ZINB, and hurdle formulations. Climatic and environmental covariates can be included in the regression component and/or the zero-modified components. Includes outbreak-detection algorithms for NB, ZINB, and hurdle models, with utilities for prediction and diagnostics.

R Markdown Format for Flexible Dashboards

Format for converting an R Markdown document to a grid oriented dashboard. The dashboard flexibly adapts the size of it's components to the containing web page.

Work with Hyperspectral Data, i.e. Spectra + Meta Information (Spatial, Time, Concentration, ...)

Comfortable ways to work with hyperspectral data sets. I.e. spatially or time-resolved spectra, or spectra with any other kind of information associated with each of the spectra. The spectra can be data as obtained in XRF, UV/VIS, Fluorescence, AES, NIR, IR, Raman, NMR, MS, etc. More generally, any data that is recorded over a discretized variable, e.g. absorbance = f(wavelength), stored as a vector of absorbance values for discrete wavelengths is suitable.

Modelling of Extreme Values

Various tools for the analysis of univariate, multivariate and functional extremes. Exact simulation from max-stable processes (Dombry, Engelke and Oesting, 2016, , R-Pareto processes for various parametric models, including Brown-Resnick (Wadsworth and Tawn, 2014, ) and Extremal Student (Thibaud and Opitz, 2015, ). Threshold selection methods, including Wadsworth (2016) , and Northrop and Coleman (2014) . Multivariate extreme diagnostics. Estimation and likelihoods for univariate extremes, e.g., Coles (2001) .

Total, Between-, and Within-Cluster Spearman Rank Correlations for Clustered Data

Estimates the total, between-, and within-cluster Spearman rank correlations for continuous and ordinal clustered data. See Tu et al. (2024) for details.

Bayesian Projection of Life Expectancy

Making probabilistic projections of life expectancy for all countries of the world, using a Bayesian hierarchical model . Subnational projections are also supported.

Economics and Pricing Tools

Functions to aid in micro and macro economic analysis and handling of price and currency data. Includes extraction of relevant inflation and exchange rate data from World Bank API, data cleaning/parsing, and standardisation. Inflation adjustment calculations as found in Principles of Macroeconomics by Gregory Mankiw et al (2014). Current and historical end of day exchange rates for 171 currencies from the European Central Bank Statistical Data Warehouse (2020).