R Observatory: Metrics for BFM version 0.2.11

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

BFM

0.2.11Package record

Beta Factor Model

0packages depend

1.7Kdownloads / year

0.0%test coverage

13/13flavors OK

Overview

About

Maintained by Guangbao GuoCRAN page ↗

Provides tools for factor analysis in financial and econometric settings under Beta factor models. It includes functions to simulate factor-model data with Beta-distributed idiosyncratic components (e.g., standard Beta, scaled Beta, and truncated Beta distributions) and to conduct model diagnostic assessments such as likelihood ratio tests for factor number selection and goodness-of-fit tests for Beta distribution assumptions. Estimation routines encompass maximum likelihood estimation for finite-dimensional Beta factor models, regularized Beta factor analysis for high-dimensional datasets, and shrinkage-based estimation for robust Beta factor loading recovery in noisy or incomplete data environments. The package's methodological framework is detailed in Guo G. (2023) doi:10.1007/s00180-022-01270-z.

Install

R (CRAN)Ubuntu (r2u)Fedora (COPR)openSUSE (OBS)

install.packages("BFM", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")

Installs the current CRAN release. Prebuilt binaries on Windows and macOS.

Release

# enable cranapt (r2u) if it is not already set up, then install
grep -rqs r2u.stat.illinois.edu /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ \
  || curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eddelbuettel/r2u/master/inst/scripts/add_cranapt_noble.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install -y r-cran-bfm

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled. We list this channel from recorded r2u download activity rather than from a live index of the repository, so treat it as last known rather than guaranteed.

bspm (used by r2u) also needs make: sudo apt install make

# enable the iucar/cran COPR if it is not already present, then install
ls /etc/yum.repos.d/*iucar*cran*.repo >/dev/null 2>&1 \
  || sudo dnf copr enable -y iucar/cran
sudo dnf install -y R-CRAN-BFM

RPMs from the iucar/cran COPR, rebuilt from CRAN.

For install.packages() integration in R, also: sudo dnf install R-CoprManager

# add the autoCRAN OBS repo (Tumbleweed) if it is missing, then install
zypper -q lr | grep -qi autoCRAN \
  || sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/R:/autoCRAN/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/devel:languages:R:autoCRAN.repo
sudo zypper install -y R-BFM

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed). We list this channel from recorded autoCRAN download activity rather than from a live index of the repository, so treat it as last known rather than guaranteed.

Health

CRAN checks

13OK

CRAN check page ↗

Slowest check: 56 s · r-devel-windows-x86_64

Status changes

OK13 OK2026-08-05
NOTE12 OK, 1 NOTE2026-08-01
OK5 OK2026-05-19

Advisories

none known

How this is measured·How advisories are found

Documentation

In release 0.2.11

READMENoVignettesNoNEWSNoCitation fileNoWebsitenot declared in DESCRIPTION

Help pages: 6
Examples that run: 100%6 run in a plain check
Exported functions with examples: 100%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 100%
Help pages citing references: 0%

How these are measured

Downloads

1.7K

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #14,097 · ~5/day · ~138/mo

Releases R versions

Daily download trend is not available in this view yet.

30230 days

83690 days

1.7K1 year

Compare downloads with other packages →

Also on37 r2u13 autocran

How downloads are counted

Dependencies

Declared dependencies

5 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Installing BFM adds 3 packages (1 with compiled code, 2.8 MB of source tarballs). Heaviest: GPArotation 1.6 MB, psych 1.1 MB, mnormt 63 KB.

Depends (1)

R >= 3.5.0

Imports (3)

MASSpsychstats

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (4)

testthat spelling betareg zoib

Enhances (0)

none

Dependency license breakdown →

Reverse dependencies

0direct

0indirect

Nothing depends on this yet.

How these are counted

Code & Tests

Datasets

People & History

People (2)

Guangbao Guo

Author, Maintainer since 0.2.11 (2026)

Jiahui Feng

Author

Releases (1)

0.2.11Latest
record
2026-05-18 · current release
R
R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24

Package metadata

First published: 2026-05-18
Total releases: 1 / 1 yrs
License: MIT + file LICENSE OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 3.5.0
Bundled data: 6.1 KB / 4 files
Download size: 13 KB

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("BFM")

Format

Guo, G., & Feng, J. (2026). BFM: Beta Factor Model (Version 0.2.11) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.BFM

This package has no citation file, so citation() returns this entry built from DESCRIPTION.

Cite the R Observatory

For a number measured here: a download total, a coverage figure, an archival date.

Format

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for BFM version 0.2.11 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-10-22. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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