CausalMBSTS

MBSTS Models for Causal Inference and Forecasting

v0.1.1 · Oct 5, 2021 · GPL (>= 3)

Description

Infers the causal effect of an intervention on a multivariate response through the use of Multivariate Bayesian Structural Time Series models (MBSTS) as described in Menchetti & Bojinov (2020) <arXiv:2006.12269>. The package also includes functions for model building and forecasting.

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CRAN incoming feasibility

Maintainer: ‘Fiammetta Menchetti <fiammetta.menchetti@gmail.com>’

The Description field contains
  (MBSTS) as described in Menchetti & Bojinov (2020) <arXiv:2006.12269>.
Please refer to arXiv e-prints via their arXiv DOI <doi:10.48550/arXiv.YYMM.NNNNN>.

NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang

Rd files

checkRd: (-1) as.mbsts.Rd:71: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    71 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |                                                                              ^
checkRd: (-1) mcmc.Rd:61: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    61 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |                                                                              ^

NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

CRAN incoming feasibility

Maintainer: ‘Fiammetta Menchetti <fiammetta.menchetti@gmail.com>’

The Description field contains
  (MBSTS) as described in Menchetti & Bojinov (2020) <arXiv:2006.12269>.
Please refer to arXiv e-prints via their arXiv DOI <doi:10.48550/arXiv.YYMM.NNNNN>.

NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

Rd files

checkRd: (-1) as.mbsts.Rd:71: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    71 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |                                                                              ^
checkRd: (-1) mcmc.Rd:61: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    61 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |                                                                              ^

NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang

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checkRd: (-1) as.mbsts.Rd:71: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    71 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |                                                                              ^
checkRd: (-1) mcmc.Rd:61: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    61 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |                                                                              ^

NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc

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checkRd: (-1) as.mbsts.Rd:71: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    71 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |                                                                              ^
checkRd: (-1) mcmc.Rd:61: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    61 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |                                                                              ^

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checkRd: (-1) as.mbsts.Rd:71: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    71 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |                                                                              ^
checkRd: (-1) mcmc.Rd:61: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    61 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |                                                                              ^

NOTE r-devel-windows-x86_64

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checkRd: (-1) as.mbsts.Rd:71: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    71 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |                                                                              ^
checkRd: (-1) mcmc.Rd:61: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    61 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |                                                                              ^

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checkRd: (-1) as.mbsts.Rd:71: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    71 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |                                                                              ^
checkRd: (-1) mcmc.Rd:61: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    61 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |                                                                              ^

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checkRd: (-1) as.mbsts.Rd:71: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    71 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |                                                                              ^
checkRd: (-1) mcmc.Rd:61: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    61 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |                                                                              ^

NOTE r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

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checkRd: (-1) as.mbsts.Rd:71: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    71 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |                                                                              ^
checkRd: (-1) mcmc.Rd:61: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    61 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |                                                                              ^

NOTE r-patched-linux-x86_64

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checkRd: (-1) as.mbsts.Rd:71: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    71 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |                                                                              ^
checkRd: (-1) mcmc.Rd:61: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    61 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |                                                                              ^

NOTE r-release-linux-x86_64

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checkRd: (-1) as.mbsts.Rd:71: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    71 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |                                                                              ^
checkRd: (-1) mcmc.Rd:61: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    61 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |                                                                              ^

NOTE r-release-macos-arm64

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checkRd: (-1) as.mbsts.Rd:71: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    71 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |                                                                              ^
checkRd: (-1) mcmc.Rd:61: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    61 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |                                                                              ^

NOTE r-release-macos-x86_64

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checkRd: (-1) as.mbsts.Rd:71: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    71 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |                                                                              ^
checkRd: (-1) mcmc.Rd:61: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    61 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |                                                                              ^

NOTE r-release-windows-x86_64

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checkRd: (-1) as.mbsts.Rd:71: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    71 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |                                                                              ^
checkRd: (-1) mcmc.Rd:61: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    61 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |                                                                              ^

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NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang

CRAN incoming feasibility

Maintainer: ‘Fiammetta Menchetti <fiammetta.menchetti@gmail.com>’

The Description field contains
  (MBSTS) as described in Menchetti & Bojinov (2020) <arXiv:2006.12269>.
Please refer to arXiv e-prints via their arXiv DOI <doi:10.48550/arXiv.YYMM.NNNNN>.

NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

CRAN incoming feasibility

Maintainer: ‘Fiammetta Menchetti <fiammetta.menchetti@gmail.com>’

The Description field contains
  (MBSTS) as described in Menchetti & Bojinov (2020) <arXiv:2006.12269>.
Please refer to arXiv e-prints via their arXiv DOI <doi:10.48550/arXiv.YYMM.NNNNN>.

NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang

Rd files

checkRd: (-1) as.mbsts.Rd:71: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    71 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |                                                                              ^
checkRd: (-1) mcmc.Rd:61: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    61 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |

NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc

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checkRd: (-1) as.mbsts.Rd:71: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    71 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |                                                                              ^
checkRd: (-1) mcmc.Rd:61: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    61 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |

NOTE r-devel-macos-arm64

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checkRd: (-1) as.mbsts.Rd:71: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    71 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |                                                                              ^
checkRd: (-1) mcmc.Rd:61: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    61 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |

NOTE r-devel-windows-x86_64

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checkRd: (-1) as.mbsts.Rd:71: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    71 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |                                                                              ^
checkRd: (-1) mcmc.Rd:61: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    61 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |

NOTE r-patched-linux-x86_64

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checkRd: (-1) as.mbsts.Rd:71: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    71 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |                                                                              ^
checkRd: (-1) mcmc.Rd:61: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    61 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |

NOTE r-release-linux-x86_64

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checkRd: (-1) as.mbsts.Rd:71: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    71 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |                                                                              ^
checkRd: (-1) mcmc.Rd:61: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    61 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |

NOTE r-release-macos-arm64

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checkRd: (-1) as.mbsts.Rd:71: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    71 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |                                                                              ^
checkRd: (-1) mcmc.Rd:61: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    61 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |

NOTE r-release-macos-x86_64

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checkRd: (-1) as.mbsts.Rd:71: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    71 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |                                                                              ^
checkRd: (-1) mcmc.Rd:61: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    61 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |

NOTE r-release-windows-x86_64

Rd files

checkRd: (-1) as.mbsts.Rd:71: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    71 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |                                                                              ^
checkRd: (-1) mcmc.Rd:61: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    61 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |

NOTE r-oldrel-macos-arm64

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checkRd: (-1) as.mbsts.Rd:71: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    71 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |                                                                              ^
checkRd: (-1) mcmc.Rd:61: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    61 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |

NOTE r-oldrel-macos-x86_64

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checkRd: (-1) as.mbsts.Rd:71: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    71 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |                                                                              ^
checkRd: (-1) mcmc.Rd:61: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    61 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |

NOTE r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

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checkRd: (-1) as.mbsts.Rd:71: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    71 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |                                                                              ^
checkRd: (-1) mcmc.Rd:61: Lost braces; missing escapes or markup?
    61 |   \item{states.samples}{(\code{niter}- \code{burn}) draws from p(alpha_t | Y_{1:T}).}
       |

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new 0.1.1 Mar 9, 2026

Maintainer

Fiammetta Menchetti

Dependencies

Depends

KFAS R (>= 3.5.0)

Imports

CholWishart forecast MASS Matrix MixMatrix

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testthat knitr rmarkdown

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