MTPS

1.0.2

Multi-Task Prediction using Stacking Algorithms

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Overview

About

Maintained by Li XingFirst published 2020-02-063 releasesCRAN page ↗

Simultaneous multiple outcomes prediction based on revised stacking algorithms, which enables the integration of information from predictions of individual models. An implementation of methodologies proposed in our paper: Li Xing, Mary L Lesperance, Xuekui Zhang. (2019) Bioinformatics, "Simultaneous prediction of multiple outcomes using revised stacking algorithms" doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btz531.

Install

R (CRAN)Ubuntu (r2u)openSUSE (OBS)

install.packages("MTPS", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")

Installs the current CRAN release. Prebuilt binaries on Windows and macOS.

Release

# enable cranapt (r2u) if it is not already set up, then install
grep -rqs r2u.stat.illinois.edu /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ \
  || curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eddelbuettel/r2u/master/inst/scripts/add_cranapt_noble.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install -y r-cran-mtps

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled.

bspm (used by r2u) also needs make: sudo apt install make

# add the autoCRAN OBS repo (Tumbleweed) if it is missing, then install
zypper -q lr | grep -qi autoCRAN \
  || sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/R:/autoCRAN/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/devel:languages:R:autoCRAN.repo
sudo zypper install -y R-MTPS

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed).

Health

CRAN checks

13OK

Slowest check: 2.6 min · r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang

Check history

OK2026-03-10
14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE

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Downloads

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Dependencies

Declared dependencies

6 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (6)

R >= 3.5.0glmnetrpartMASSe1071class

Imports (0)

none

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (4)

knitr rmarkdown ggplot2 reshape2

Enhances (0)

none

Dependency license breakdown →

Reverse dependencies

2direct

0indirect

iimi joinet

Code & Tests

Datasets

People & History

People (6)

Maintainer (1)

Li Xing

Author, Maintainer

Authors (5)

Li Xing

Author, Maintainer

Mary Lesperance

Author

Xiaowen Cao

Author · added in 1.0.2

Xuekui Zhang

Author

Yuying Huang

Author · added in 1.0.1

Contributors (1)

Peijie Xie

Contributor

Package Timeline

3 releases. R releases are shown for context.

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R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
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R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11
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R 4.4.0 released · 2024-04-24
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R 4.3.0 released · 2023-04-21
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R 4.2.0 released · 2022-04-22
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R 4.1.0 released · 2021-05-18
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2020-10-09 · diff ↗
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R 4.0.0 released · 2020-04-24
0.1.9
2020-02-06
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R 3.6.0 released · 2019-04-26

Package metadata

First published: 2020-02-06
Total releases: 3 / 6 yrs
License: GPL (>= 2) OSI
Download size: 188 KB
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

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