Dear useRs, We are pleased to announce that versions 0.50-1 of the np package and its MPI-aware counterpart, the npRmpi package, are now available on CRAN:
http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/np/index.html http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/npRmpi/index.html In these versions we add new functionality: - new methods for multivariate mixed-data bandwidth selection for unconditional and conditional CDF bandwidth selection (`npudistbw' and `npcdistbw') using Li, Lin, and Racine (2013) and Li and Racine (2013) - a new function for multivariate mixed-data copula and copula density functions (`npcopula') that exploits Li and Racine (2013) Deprecated: With these new methods we have deprecated the use of `cdf=TRUE' for density and conditional bandwidth objects (i.e. those generated with `npudensbw' and `npcdensbw') and decoupled this functionality into `npudensbw'/`npudistbw' and `npcdensbw'/`npcdistbw' (previously bandwidths optimal for PDFs were used for CDFs given the lack of methods for mixed-data CDF bandwidth selection). Bug fixes: In addition we have corrected a number of bugs reported by users (see the CHANGELOG below) http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/np/ChangeLog References: Li, Q. and J. Lin and J.S. Racine (2013), “Optimal Bandwidth Selection for Nonparametric Conditional Distribution and Quantile Functions”, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 31, 57-65. Li, H. and J.S. Racine (2013), “Cross-validated estimation of cumulative distribution functions with categorical and continuous data,” manuscript. Kindly see my webpage below for further information and the `Gallery of Code' for a variety of illustrative examples. -- Jeff & Tristen (co-authors of np/npRmpi) Professor J. S. Racine Phone: (905) 525 9140 x 23825 Department of Economics FAX: (905) 521-8232 McMaster University e-mail: raci...@mcmaster.ca 1280 Main St. W.,Hamilton, URL: www.economics.mcmaster.ca/racine Ontario, Canada. L8S 4M4 `The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance' _______________________________________________ R-packages mailing list r-packa...@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-packages ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
