A set of tools to process and calculate 
             metrics on point clouds derived from terrestrial LiDAR 
             (Light Detection and Ranging; TLS). Its creation is based on key 
             aspects of the TLS application in forestry and ecology. 
             Currently, the main routines are based on filtering, neighboring 
             features of points, voxelization, canopy structure, 
             and the creation of artificial stands. It is written using 
             data.table and C++ language and in most of the functions it is 
             possible to use parallel processing to speed-up the routines.

Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) data processing and post-hurricane damage severity classification at the individual tree level using deep Learning. Further details were published in Klauberg et al. (2023) <doi:10.3390/rs15041165>.

Native 'R' interface to 'TMB' (Template Model Builder) so models can be written entirely in 'R' rather than 'C++'. Automatic differentiation, to any order, is available for a rich subset of 'R' features, including linear algebra for dense and sparse matrices, complex arithmetic, Fast Fourier Transform, probability distributions and special functions. 'RTMB' provides easy access to model fitting and validation following the principles of Kristensen, K., Nielsen, A., Berg, C. W., Skaug, H., & Bell, B. M. (2016) <DOI:10.18637/jss.v070.i05> and Thygesen, U.H., Albertsen, C.M., Berg, C.W. et al. (2017) <DOI:10.1007/s10651-017-0372-4>.

Extends the functionality of the 'RTMB' <https://kaskr.r-universe.dev/RTMB> package by providing a collection of non-standard probability distributions compatible with automatic differentiation (AD). While 'RTMB' enables flexible and efficient modelling, including random effects, its built-in support is limited to standard distributions. The package adds additional AD-compatible distributions, broadening the range of models that can be implemented and estimated using 'RTMB'. Automatic differentiation and Laplace approximation are described in Kristensen et al. (2016) <doi:10.18637/jss.v070.i05>.