R Observatory: Metrics for ClustBlock version 6.1.0

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

ClustBlock

6.1.0Package record

Clustering of Datasets

0packages depend

5Kdownloads / year

–test coverage

13/13flavors OK

Overview

About

Maintained by Fabien LlobellCRAN page ↗

Hierarchical and partitioning algorithms to cluster blocks of variables. The partitioning algorithm includes an option called noise cluster to set aside atypical blocks of variables. Different thresholds per cluster can be sets. The CLUSTATIS method (for quantitative blocks) (Llobell, Cariou, Vigneau, Labenne & Qannari (2020) doi:10.1016/j.foodqual.2018.05.013, Llobell, Vigneau & Qannari (2019) doi:10.1016/j.foodqual.2019.02.017) and the CLUSCATA method (for Check-All-That-Apply data) (Llobell, Cariou, Vigneau, Labenne & Qannari (2019) doi:10.1016/j.foodqual.2018.09.006, Llobell, Giacalone, Labenne & Qannari (2019) doi:10.1016/j.foodqual.2019.05.017) are the core of this package. The CATATIS methods allows to compute some indices and tests to control the quality of CATA data (Llobell, Bonnet & Giacalone (2024) doi:10.1111/joss.12941) . Multivariate analysis and clustering of subjects for quantitative multiblock data, CATA, RATA, Free Sorting and JAR experiments are available. Clustering of observations (products in sensory analysis) in multi-block context (notably with ClusMB strategy) is also included (Llobell & Giacalone (2025) doi:10.1111/joss.70024).Performing clustering based on CATA and liking at the same time is possible thanks to cluscata_liking function (Vigneau, Cariou, Giacalone, Berget & Llobell (2022) doi:10.1016/j.foodqual.2021.104358). Clustering of variables (quantitative, qualitative or mixed) can be done thanks to the MixCluStatis() function. Clustering on JAR + Liking can be achieved thanks to preprocess_JAR_liking function.

Install

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

install.packages("ClustBlock", 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-clustblock

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-ClustBlock

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-ClustBlock

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: 3.7 min · r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

Status changes

OK13 OK2026-08-05
NOTE12 OK, 1 NOTE2026-08-01
OK13 OK2026-06-09
ERROR12 OK, 1 ERROR2026-06-08
OK14 OK2026-03-10

Advisories

none known

How this is measured·How advisories are found

Documentation

In release 6.1.0

READMENoVignettesNoNEWSYes · 33% structuredCitation fileYes · software entry onlyWebsitenot declared in DESCRIPTION

Help pages: 56includes a package overview page
Examples that run: 69%29 run in a plain check · 13 only when donttest examples are enabled (R CMD check --as-cran)
Exported functions with examples: 96%
Documented parameters: 98%
Return-value docs: 100%
Help pages citing references: 64%

How these are measured

Downloads

5K

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #6,079 · ~14/day · ~416/mo

Releases R versions

Daily download trend is not available in this view yet.

53730 days

1.4K90 days

5K1 year

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Also on116 r2u11 autocran

How downloads are counted

Dependencies

Declared dependencies

2 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Installing ClustBlock adds 102 packages (54 with compiled code, 88 MB of source tarballs). Heaviest: stringi 11 MB, ggplot2 6.0 MB, bslib 5.6 MB.

Depends (1)

R >= 3.5

Imports (1)

FactoMineR

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (1)

ClustVarLV

Enhances (0)

none

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Reverse dependencies

0direct

0indirect

Nothing depends on this yet.

How these are counted

Code & Tests

Datasets

People & History

People (4)

Fabien Llobell

Author, Maintainer since 1.0.0 (2019)

SensElevation

Veronique Cariou

Contributor

Oniris

El Mostafa Qannari

Contributor

Oniris

Evelyne Vigneau

Contributor

Oniris

Releases (20)

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6.1.0Latest
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2026-09-05 · current release · diff ↗ ·
added 1 export
preprocess_JAR_liking
6.0.0
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2026-06-04 · diff ↗ ·
added 1 export
mixclustatis
R
R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
5.0.0
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2026-03-24 · diff ↗ ·
added 2 exports
cluscata_liking, combinCATALiking
4.1.1
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2025-06-11 · diff ↗
4.1.0
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2025-05-13 · diff ↗
R
R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11
4.0.0
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2024-05-21 · diff ↗ ·
added 4 exports
ClusMB, cluscata_rata, clustRowsOnStatisAxes, indicesClusters
R
R 4.4.0 released · 2024-04-24
3.2.0
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2023-08-30 · diff ↗ ·
added 1 export
catatis_rata
3.1.1
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2023-06-29 · diff ↗
R
R 4.3.0 released · 2023-04-21
3.1.0
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2023-03-05 · diff ↗
3.0.0
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2022-09-08 · diff ↗ ·
added 5 exports
catatis_jar, change_cata_format2, cluscata_jar, cluscata_kmeans_jar, preprocess_JAR
R
R 4.2.0 released · 2022-04-22
2.4.1
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2022-03-31 · diff ↗

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2.4.0
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2021-06-22 · diff ↗ ·
added 1 export
simil_groups_cata
R
R 4.1.0 released · 2021-05-18
2.3.1
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2020-11-21 · diff ↗
2.3.0
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2020-11-16 · diff ↗
2.2.1
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2020-10-02 · diff ↗
R
R 4.0.0 released · 2020-04-24
2.2.0
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2020-04-23 · diff ↗ ·
added 1 export
consistency_cata_panel
2.1.1
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2019-11-29 · diff ↗
2.1.0
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2019-11-07 · diff ↗ ·
added 1 export
clustatis_FreeSort_kmeans
2.0.0
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2019-07-08 · diff ↗ ·
added 1 export
consistency_cata
R
R 3.6.0 released · 2019-04-26
1.0.0
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2019-03-06
R
R 3.5.0 released · 2018-04-23

Package metadata

First published: 2019-03-06
Total releases: 20 / 7 yrs
License: MIT + file LICENSE OSI · relicensed from GPL-3 in 4.1.0
Minimum R: ≥ 3.5
Bundled data: 18 KB / 9 files
Download size: 101 KB

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citation("ClustBlock")

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Format

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for ClustBlock version 6.1.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-10-25. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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