The Global Biodiversity Information Facility 
    ('GBIF', <https://www.gbif.org>) sources data from an international network
    of data providers, known as 'nodes'. Several of these nodes - the "living 
    atlases" (<https://living-atlases.gbif.org>) - maintain their own web 
    services using software originally developed by the Atlas of Living 
    Australia ('ALA', <https://www.ala.org.au>). 'galah' enables the R community 
    to directly access data and resources hosted by 'GBIF' and its partner nodes.

Implements the GALAHAD algorithm (Geometry-Adaptive 
    'Lyapunov'-Assured Hybrid Optimizer), combining 'Riemannian' metrics, 
    'Lyapunov' stability checks, and trust-region methods for stable 
    optimization of mixed-geometry parameters. Designed for biological 
    modeling (germination, dose-response, survival) where rates, 
    concentrations, and unconstrained variables coexist. Developed at 
    the Minnesota Center for Prion Research and Outreach (MNPRO), 
    University of Minnesota. Based on Conn et al. (2000) 
    <doi:10.1137/1.9780898719857>, Amari (1998) 
    <doi:10.1162/089976698300017746>, Beck & Teboulle (2003) 
    <doi:10.1016/S0167-6377(02)00231-6>, Nesterov (2017) 
    <https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep30722>, and Walne et al. (2020) 
    <doi:10.1002/agg2.20098>.

Estimates generalized additive latent and
    mixed models using maximum marginal likelihood, 
    as defined in Sorensen et al. (2023) 
    <doi:10.1007/s11336-023-09910-z>, which is an extension of Rabe-Hesketh and
    Skrondal (2004)'s unifying framework for multilevel latent variable 
    modeling <doi:10.1007/BF02295939>. Efficient computation is done using sparse 
    matrix methods, Laplace approximation, and automatic differentiation. The 
    framework includes generalized multilevel models with heteroscedastic 
    residuals, mixed response types, factor loadings, smoothing splines, 
    crossed random effects, and combinations thereof. Syntax for model 
    formulation is close to 'lme4' (Bates et al. (2015) 
    <doi:10.18637/jss.v067.i01>) and 'PLmixed' (Rockwood and Jeon (2019) 
    <doi:10.1080/00273171.2018.1516541>).