R Observatory: Metrics for StablePopulation version 1.0.3

Balamuta, James Joseph

StablePopulation

1.0.3

Calculates Alpha for a Stable Population

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1.6Kdownloads / year

–test coverage

13/13checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by David Palacios-MoralesFirst published 2025-07-251 releasesCRAN page ↗

Provides tools to calculate the alpha parameter of the Weibull distribution, given beta and the age-specific fertility of a species, so that the population remains stable and stationary. Methods are inspired by "Survival profiles from linear models versus Weibull models: Estimating stable and stationary population structures for Pleistocene large mammals" (Martín-González et al. 2019) doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.03.031.

Install

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

install.packages("StablePopulation", 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-stablepopulation

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-StablePopulation

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-StablePopulation

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

Health

CRAN checks

13OK

Slowest check: 54 s · r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

Code health

None

Tests · ratio 0.00

not tracked

Coverage

100%

Documentation · exports

3

Dependencies · direct

Check history

OK2026-08-05
13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
NOTE2026-08-01
12 OK · 1 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
OK2026-03-10
14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE

Documentation

READMENoVignettesNopkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 100% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 100%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 100%
References docs: 0%

Downloads

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Dependencies

Declared dependencies

2 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (1)

R >= 3.5.0

Imports (3)

readxl openxlsxstats

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none

Suggests (0)

none

Enhances (0)

none

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Reverse dependencies

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Code & Tests

People & History

People (3)

Maintainer (1)

David Palacios-Morales

Author, Maintainer

Authors (3)

David Palacios-Morales

Author, Maintainer

Jesús A. Martín-González

Author

Guillermo Rodríguez-Gómez

Author

Package Timeline

1 release. R releases are shown for context.

R
R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
1.0.3Latest
2026-03-10 · current release
R
R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11

Package metadata

First published: 2025-07-25
Total releases: 1 / 1 yrs
License: GPL-3 OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 3.5.0
Download size: 6.5 KB
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

Cite

Cite this package

Start here. This is the citation for the package itself.

citation("StablePopulation")

CRAN DOI

https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.StablePopulation

BibTeX, derived from DESCRIPTION

@Manual{StablePopulation,
  title  = {StablePopulation: Calculates Alpha for a Stable Population},
  author = {Palacios-Morales, David and Martín-González, Jesús A. and Rodríguez-Gómez, Guillermo},
  year   = {2025},
  note   = {R package version 1.0.3},
  doi    = {10.32614/CRAN.package.StablePopulation},
  url    = {https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=StablePopulation}
}

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This is the citation for the package. It is not a citation for the R Observatory.

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Use this when the claim is about a measurement on this page.

BibTeX

@misc{robservatoryStablePopulation,
  author    = {Balamuta, James Joseph},
  title     = {{R} {Observatory}: Metrics for {StablePopulation} version 1.0.3},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {HJJB, LLC},
  url       = {https://r-observatory.thecoatlessprofessor.com/packages/StablePopulation},
  note      = {Data set. Data release v2026-08-05}
}

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for StablePopulation version 1.0.3 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-05. https://r-observatory.thecoatlessprofessor.com/packages/StablePopulation

RIS

TY  - DATA
AU  - Balamuta, James Joseph
TI  - R Observatory: Metrics for StablePopulation version 1.0.3
PY  - 2026
PB  - HJJB, LLC
N1  - Data release v2026-08-05
UR  - https://r-observatory.thecoatlessprofessor.com/packages/StablePopulation
ER  -

In prose

These package metrics were obtained from the R Observatory (Balamuta, 2026), data release v2026-08-05, https://r-observatory.thecoatlessprofessor.com/packages/StablePopulation.

Bound to data release v2026-08-05, which is what makes the numbers on this page reproducible. See how to cite.

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