R Observatory: Metrics for factor.switching version 1.4

Balamuta, James Joseph

factor.switching

1.4

Post-Processing MCMC Outputs of Bayesian Factor Analytic Models

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Overview

About

Maintained by Panagiotis PapastamoulisFirst published 2020-03-115 releasesCRAN page ↗

A well known identifiability issue in factor analytic models is the invariance with respect to orthogonal transformations. This problem burdens the inference under a Bayesian setup, where Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods are used to generate samples from the posterior distribution. The package applies a series of rotation, sign and permutation transformations (Papastamoulis and Ntzoufras (2022) DOI:10.1007/s11222-022-10084-4) into raw MCMC samples of factor loadings, which are provided by the user. The post-processed output is identifiable and can be used for MCMC inference on any parametric function of factor loadings. Comparison of multiple MCMC chains is also possible.

Install

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

install.packages("factor.switching", 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-factor.switching

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-factor.switching

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-factor.switching

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

Health

CRAN checks

13OK

Slowest check: 2.1 min · r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

Code health

None

Tests · ratio 0.00

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Coverage

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OK2026-08-05
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NOTE2026-08-01
12 OK · 1 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
OK2026-06-09
13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
ERROR2026-06-08
12 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
OK2026-03-10
14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE

Documentation

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Examples that run: 100%
Documented parameters: not tracked
Return-value docs: not tracked
References docs: 64%

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Dependencies

Declared dependencies

4 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (0)

none

Imports (4)

coda HDInterval lpSolve MCMCpack

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (0)

none

Enhances (0)

none

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Reverse dependencies

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DGP4LCF

Code & Tests

People & History

People (1)

Maintainer (1)

Panagiotis Papastamoulis

Author, Maintainer

Authors (1)

Panagiotis Papastamoulis

Author, Maintainer

Package Timeline

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Package metadata

First published: 2020-03-11
Total releases: 5 / 6 yrs
License: GPL-2 OSI
Bundled data: 3.8 KB / 1 file
Download size: 22 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("factor.switching")

CRAN DOI

https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.factor.switching

BibTeX, derived from DESCRIPTION

@Manual{factorswitching,
  title  = {factor.switching: Post-Processing MCMC Outputs of Bayesian Factor Analytic Models},
  author = {Papastamoulis, Panagiotis},
  year   = {2024},
  note   = {R package version 1.4},
  doi    = {10.32614/CRAN.package.factor.switching},
  url    = {https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=factor.switching}
}

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

Cite this page

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BibTeX

@misc{robservatoryfactorswitching,
  author    = {Balamuta, James Joseph},
  title     = {{R} {Observatory}: Metrics for {factor.switching} version 1.4},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {HJJB, LLC},
  url       = {https://r-observatory.thecoatlessprofessor.com/packages/factor.switching},
  note      = {Data set. Data release v2026-08-05}
}

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for factor.switching version 1.4 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-05. https://r-observatory.thecoatlessprofessor.com/packages/factor.switching

RIS

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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/factor.switching.

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