R Observatory: Metrics for evenBreak version 1.0

Balamuta, James Joseph

evenBreak

1.0

A Posteriori Probs of Suits Breaking Evenly Across Four Hands

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Overview

About

Maintained by Barry ZeebergFirst published 2024-10-211 releasesCRAN page ↗

We quantitatively evaluated the assertion that says if one suit is found to be evenly distributed among the 4 players, the rest of the suits are more likely to be evenly distributed. Our mathematical analyses show that, if one suit is found to be evenly distributed, then a second suit has a slightly elevated probability (ranging between 10% to 15%) of being evenly distributed. If two suits are found to be evenly distributed, then a third suit has a substantially elevated probability (ranging between 30% to 50%) of being evenly distributed.This package refers to methods and authentic data from Ely Culbertson https://www.bridgebum.com/law_of_symmetry.php, Gregory Stoll https://gregstoll.com/~gregstoll/bridge/math.html, and details of performing the probability calculations from Jeremy L. Martin https://jlmartin.ku.edu/~jlmartin/bridge/basics.pdf, Emile Borel and Andre Cheron (1954) "The Mathematical Theory of Bridge",Antonio Vivaldi and Gianni Barracho (2001, ISBN:0 7134 8663 5) "Probabilities and Alternatives in Bridge", Ken Monzingo (2005) "Hand and Suit Patterns" http://web2.acbl.org/documentlibrary/teachers/celebritylessons/handpatternsrevised.pdfKen Monzingo (2005) "Hand and Suit Patterns" http://web2.acbl.org/documentlibrary/teachers/celebritylessons/handpatternsrevised.pdf.

Install

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

install.packages("evenBreak", 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-evenbreak

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-evenBreak

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-evenBreak

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

Health

CRAN checks

13OK

Slowest check: 50 s · r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

Code health

None

Tests · ratio 0.00

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Coverage

100%

Documentation · exports

4

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

READMENoVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSNoCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

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

Downloads

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Dependencies

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4 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (1)

R >= 4.2.0

Imports (4)

combinatgraphicsstatsutils

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Suggests (3)

knitr rmarkdown testthat

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People & History

People (1)

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Barry Zeeberg

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Authors (1)

Barry Zeeberg

Author, Maintainer

Package Timeline

1 release. R releases are shown for context.

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

Package metadata

First published: 2024-10-21
Total releases: 1 / 2 yrs
License: GPL (>= 2) OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 4.2.0
Download size: 247 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("evenBreak")

CRAN DOI

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

BibTeX, derived from DESCRIPTION

@Manual{evenBreak,
  title  = {evenBreak: A Posteriori Probs of Suits Breaking Evenly Across Four Hands},
  author = {Zeeberg, Barry},
  year   = {2024},
  note   = {R package version 1.0},
  doi    = {10.32614/CRAN.package.evenBreak},
  url    = {https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=evenBreak}
}

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

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BibTeX

@misc{robservatoryevenBreak,
  author    = {Balamuta, James Joseph},
  title     = {{R} {Observatory}: Metrics for {evenBreak} version 1.0},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {HJJB, LLC},
  url       = {https://r-observatory.thecoatlessprofessor.com/packages/evenBreak},
  note      = {Data set. Data release v2026-08-05}
}

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for evenBreak version 1.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-05. https://r-observatory.thecoatlessprofessor.com/packages/evenBreak

RIS

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AU  - Balamuta, James Joseph
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PB  - HJJB, LLC
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In prose

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

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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