Contains functionality for regression standardization. Four general classes of models are allowed; generalized linear models, conditional generalized estimating equation models, Cox proportional hazards models and shared frailty gamma-Weibull models. Sjolander, A. (2016) <doi:10.1007/s10654-016-0157-3>.

Allows the creation and manipulation of C++ std::vector's in R.

Functions related to multivariate measures of independence and ICA:
 -estimate independent components by minimizing distance covariance;
 -conduct a test of mutual independence based on distance covariance; 
 -estimate independent components via infomax (a popular method but generally performs poorer than mdcovica, ProDenICA, and/or fastICA, but is useful for comparisons);
 -order indepedent components by skewness;
 -match independent components from multiple estimates;
 -other functions useful in ICA.

The steepness package computes steepness as a
        property of dominance hierarchies. Steepness is defined as the
        absolute slope of the straight line fitted to the normalized
        David's scores. The normalized David's scores can be obtained
        on the basis of dyadic dominance indices corrected for chance
        or by means of proportions of wins. Given an observed
        sociomatrix, it computes hierarchy's steepness and estimates
        statistical significance by means of a randomization test.

Routines for computing different types of linear estimators, based on instrumental variables (IVs), including the semi-parametric Stein-like (SPS) estimator, originally introduced by Judge and Mittelhammer (2004)  <DOI:10.1198/016214504000000430>.

Fit Hawkes and log-Gaussian Cox process models with extensions. Introduced in Hawkes (1971) <doi:10.2307/2334319> a Hawkes process is a self-exciting temporal point process where the occurrence of an event immediately increases the chance of another. We extend this to consider self-inhibiting process and a non-homogeneous background rate. A log-Gaussian Cox process is a Poisson point process where the log-intensity is given by a Gaussian random field. We extend this  to a joint likelihood formulation fitting a marked log-Gaussian Cox model. In addition, the package offers functionality to fit self-exciting spatiotemporal point processes. Models are fitted via maximum likelihood using 'TMB' (Template Model Builder). Where included 1) random fields are assumed to be Gaussian and are integrated over using the Laplace approximation and 2) a stochastic partial differential equation model, introduced by Lindgren, Rue, and Lindström. (2011) <doi:10.1111/j.1467-9868.2011.00777.x>, is defined for the field(s).