Estimates Variable Length Markov Chains (VLMC) models and VLMC with
    covariates models from discrete sequences. Supports model selection via
    information criteria and simulation of new sequences from an estimated
    model. See Bühlmann, P. and Wyner, A. J. (1999) <doi:10.1214/aos/1018031204>
    for VLMC and Zanin Zambom, A., Kim, S. and Lopes Garcia, N. (2022)
    <doi:10.1111/jtsa.12615> for VLMC with covariates.

Optimization algorithms implemented in R, including
    conjugate gradient (CG), Broyden-Fletcher-Goldfarb-Shanno (BFGS) and the
    limited memory BFGS (L-BFGS) methods. Most internal parameters can be set 
    through the call interface. The solvers hold up quite well for 
    higher-dimensional problems.

A set of classes and methods to set up and run multi-species, trait
    based and community size spectrum ecological models, focused on the marine
    environment.

Multivariate joint models of longitudinal and time-to-event data based on functional principal components implemented with 'bamlss'. Implementation for Volkmann, Umlauf, Greven (2023) <arXiv:2311.06409>.

Provides multigroup Kitagawa-Blinder-Oaxaca ('mKBO') decompositions, that allow for more than two groups. Each group is compared to the sample average. For more details see Thaning and Nieuwenhuis (2025) <doi:10.31235/osf.io/6twvj_v1>.

Performance measures and scores for statistical classification such as accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, recall, similarity coefficients, AUC, GINI index, Brier score and many more. Calculation of optimal cut-offs and decision stumps (Iba and Langley (1991), <doi:10.1016/B978-1-55860-247-2.50035-8>) for all implemented performance measures. Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness of fit tests (Lemeshow and Hosmer (1982), <doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a113284>; Hosmer et al (1997), <doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19970515)16:9%3C965::AID-SIM509%3E3.0.CO;2-O>). Statistical and epidemiological risk measures such as relative risk, odds ratio, number needed to treat (Porta (2014), <doi:10.1093%2Facref%2F9780199976720.001.0001>).