Currently there are many functions in S-PLUS that are
  missing in R. To facilitate the conversion of S-PLUS packages to R packages,
  this package provides some missing S-PLUS functionality in R.

A collection of classes and methods for working with
  times and dates. The code was originally available in 'S-PLUS'.

A collection of classes and methods for working with
  indexed rectangular data. The index values can be
  calendar (timeSeries class) or numeric (signalSeries class).
  Methods are included for aggregation, alignment, merging, and summaries.
  The code was originally available in 'S-PLUS'.

Introduction to some novel accurate hybrid methods of geostatistical and machine learning methods for spatial predictive modelling. It contains two commonly used geostatistical methods, two machine learning methods, four hybrid methods and two averaging methods. For each method, two functions are provided. One function is for assessing the predictive errors and accuracy of the method based on cross-validation. The other one is for generating spatial predictions using the method. For details please see: Li, J., Potter, A., Huang, Z., Daniell, J. J. and Heap, A. (2010) <https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/71407>
  Li, J., Heap, A. D., Potter, A., Huang, Z. and Daniell, J. (2011) <doi:10.1016/j.csr.2011.05.015>
  Li, J., Heap, A. D., Potter, A. and Daniell, J. (2011) <doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2011.07.004>
  Li, J., Potter, A., Huang, Z. and Heap, A. (2012) <https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/74030>.

An updated and extended version of 'spm' package, by introducing some further novel functions for modern statistical methods (i.e., generalised linear models, glmnet, generalised least squares), thin plate splines, support vector machine, kriging methods (i.e., simple kriging, universal kriging, block kriging, kriging with an external drift), and novel hybrid methods (228 hybrids plus numerous variants) of modern statistical methods or machine learning methods with mathematical and/or univariate geostatistical methods for spatial predictive modelling. For each method, two functions are provided, with one function for assessing the predictive errors and accuracy of the method based on cross-validation, and the other for generating spatial predictions. It also contains a couple of functions for data preparation and predictive accuracy assessment.