SALTSampler

1.1.0

Efficient Sampling on the Simplex

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Overview

About

Maintained by Scott Vander WielFirst published 2015-11-032 releasesCRAN page ↗

The SALTSampler package facilitates Monte Carlo Markov Chain (MCMC) sampling of random variables on a simplex. A Self-Adjusting Logit Transform (SALT) proposal is used so that sampling is still efficient even in difficult cases, such as those in high dimensions or with parameters that differ by orders of magnitude. Special care is also taken to maintain accuracy even when some coordinates approach 0 or 1 numerically. Diagnostic and graphic functions are included in the package, enabling easy assessment of the convergence and mixing of the chain within the constrained space.

Install

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

install.packages("SALTSampler", 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-saltsampler

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

# enable the iucar/cran COPR if it is not already present, then install
ls /etc/yum.repos.d/*iucar*cran*.repo >/dev/null 2>&1 \
  || sudo dnf copr enable -y iucar/cran
sudo dnf install -y R-CRAN-SALTSampler

RPMs from the iucar/cran COPR, rebuilt from CRAN.

For install.packages() integration in R, also: sudo dnf install R-CoprManager

# 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-SALTSampler

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

Health

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Documented parameters: not tracked
Return-value docs: not tracked
References docs: 10%

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Dependencies

Declared dependencies

2 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (2)

R >= 3.0.0lattice

Imports (3)

graphicsmethodsstats

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Suggests (2)

knitr coda

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Listed in earlier versions (3)

Hannah Director

no longer listed · 0.1 to 1.1.0

James Gattiker

no longer listed · 0.1 to 1.1.0

Scott Vander Wiel

no longer listed · 0.1 to 1.1.0

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Package metadata

First published: 2015-11-03
Total releases: 2 / 11 yrs
License: BSD_3_clause + file LICENSE OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 3.0.0
Download size: 16 KB
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