abcpp

1.0.0

Shared C++ Backend for Approximate Bayesian Computation

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308downloads / year

1.4%test coverage

12/13checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Mengzhen HuFirst published 2026-07-041 releasesCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗

Provides a compact C++ backend for Approximate Bayesian Computation (ABC) with a thin R frontend. The current implementation is primarily a C++ reimplementation of offline ABC workflows provided by the R 'abc' package doi:10.32614/CRAN.package.abc, with the public R interface intentionally kept small and centered on abc() and summary() methods. The computational work is performed by shared C++ code. In addition to reproducing common 'abc' workflows, the package adds optional dimensionality reduction of summary statistics through Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Partial Least Squares (PLS), following related ideas described by Bazin et al. (2010) doi:10.1534/genetics.109.112391 and Wegmann et al. (2009) doi:10.1534/genetics.109.102509.

Install

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

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

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

if (!requireNamespace("pak", quietly = TRUE))
  install.packages("pak", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")
pak::pak("yuki-961004/abcpp")

Development version from yuki-961004/abcpp. Installs pak first if it is not already available.

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-abcpp

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-abcpp

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

Health

CRAN checks

1NOTE12OK

Failing flavors

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

Slowest check: 1.8 min · r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

Code health

Yes

Tests · ratio 0.21

1.4%

Coverage · measured lines

100%

Documentation · exports

Dependencies · direct

Check history

NOTE2026-08-01
12 OK · 1 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
OK2026-07-05
6 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE

Documentation

READMENoVignettesNopkgdown siteNoNEWSNoCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

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

Downloads

308

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #24,155 · ~1/day · ~26/mo

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Repository

GitHub ↗ yuki-961004/abcpp

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License GPL-3.0 · Last activity 2026-06-29

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Dependencies

Declared dependencies

4 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (1)

R >= 4.1.0

Imports (1)

Rcpp

LinkingTo (1)

Rcpp

Suggests (2)

abc testthat

Enhances (0)

none

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Code & Tests

People & History

People (5)

Maintainer (1)

Mengzhen Hu

Author, Maintainer

Authors (1)

Mengzhen Hu

Author, Maintainer

Contributors (4)

Michael Blum

Contributor, Copyright holder

Katalin Csillery

Contributor, Copyright holder

Olivier Francois

Contributor, Copyright holder

Louisiane Lemaire

Contributor, Copyright holder

Michael Blum

Contributor, Copyright holder

Katalin Csillery

Contributor, Copyright holder

Olivier Francois

Contributor, Copyright holder

Louisiane Lemaire

Contributor, Copyright holder

Package Timeline

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1.0.0Latest
2026-07-04 · current release
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R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24

Package metadata

First published: 2026-07-04
Total releases: 1 / 1 yrs
License: GPL-3 OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 4.1.0
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