rMIDAS

1.0.1

Multiple Imputation with Denoising Autoencoders

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4.6Kdownloads / year

21.4%test coverage

13/13checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Thomas RobinsonFirst published 2020-09-299 releasesCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗

A tool for multiply imputing missing data using 'MIDAS', a deep learning method based on denoising autoencoder neural networks (see Lall and Robinson, 2022; doi:10.1017/pan.2020.49). This algorithm offers significant accuracy and efficiency advantages over other multiple imputation strategies, particularly when applied to large datasets with complex features. Alongside interfacing with 'Python' to run the core algorithm, this package contains functions for processing data before and after model training, running imputation model diagnostics, generating multiple completed datasets, and estimating regression models on these datasets. For more information see Lall and Robinson (2023) doi:10.18637/jss.v107.i09. This package is deprecated in favor of 'rMIDAS2'; it remains available for existing workflows but will receive only compatibility and documentation updates.

Install

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

install.packages("rMIDAS", 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("MIDASverse/rMIDAS")

Development version from MIDASverse/rMIDAS. 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-rmidas

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-rMIDAS

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-rMIDAS

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

Health

CRAN checks

13OK

Slowest check: 2.6 min · r-release-macos-x86_64

Code health

Yes

Tests · ratio 0.05

21.4%

Coverage · measured lines

100%

Documentation · exports

Dependencies · direct

Check history

OK2026-03-10
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Documentation

READMEYes · 679 wordsVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 100% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 90%
Documented parameters: 95%
Return-value docs: 93%
References docs: 19%

Downloads

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Repository

GitHub ↗ midasverse/rmidas

37Stars

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13Open issues

0Open PRs

6Releases

162Commits

6Contributors

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162 commits · Last activity 2026-03-13

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cran-comments.mdCRAN-SUBMISSION

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README.Rmd

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Dependencies

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8 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

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R >= 3.6.0data.table mltools reticulate

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rappdirs Rdpack

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People & History

People (4)

Maintainer (1)

Thomas Robinson

Author, Maintainer, Copyright holder

Authors (2)

Thomas Robinson

Author, Maintainer, Copyright holder

Ranjit Lall

Author, Copyright holder

Contributors (2)

Elviss Dvinskis

Contributor · added in 0.5.0

Alex Stenlake

Contributor, Copyright holder

Thomas Robinson

Author, Maintainer, Copyright holder

Ranjit Lall

Author, Copyright holder

Alex Stenlake

Contributor, Copyright holder

Package Timeline

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R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
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R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11
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R 4.4.0 released · 2024-04-24
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R 4.3.0 released · 2023-04-21
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R 4.2.0 released · 2022-04-22
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R 4.1.0 released · 2021-05-18
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R 4.0.0 released · 2020-04-24

Package metadata

First published: 2020-09-29
Total releases: 9 / 6 yrs
License: Apache License (>= 2.0)
Minimum R: ≥ 3.6.0
Download size: 192 KB
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