R Observatory: Metrics for DSsim version 1.1.5

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

This package was removed from CRAN on 2022-08-07 and replaced by dsims. Its history is shown below.

Reason: the request of the maintainer

Details below reflect version 1.1.5, its last release before removal.

DSsim

1.1.5Package record

Distance Sampling Simulations

0packages depend

–downloads / year

–test coverage

–flavors OK

Overview

About

Maintained by Laura MarshallCRAN page ↗

Performs distance sampling simulations.It repeatedly generates instances of a user defined population within a given survey region, generates realisations of a survey design (currently these must be generated using Distance software in advance http://distancesampling.org/) and simulates the detection process. The data are then analysed so that the results can be compared for accuracy and precision across all replications. This will allow users to select survey designs which will give them the best accuracy and precision given their expectations about population distribution. Any uncertainty in population distribution or population parameters can be included by running the different survey designs for a number of different population descriptions. An example simulation can be found in the help file for make.simulation.

Changes in 1.1.5

Bug fixes

Fixed warnings bug generated when there were too few data points
Code to calculate perpendicular distance is more robust
Fixed incorrect true expected cluster size values in simulation summary
Documentation corrections

From NEWS in the release

Install

R (source archive)

url <- "https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/DSsim/DSsim_1.1.5.tar.gz"
pkgFile <- "DSsim_1.1.5.tar.gz"
download.file(url, pkgFile)
install.packages(pkgFile, type = "source", repos = NULL)

This package is no longer on CRAN, so install.packages() cannot fetch it by name. This downloads the last archived source (1.1.5) and builds it locally. Install its dependencies first, and note that building from source needs the usual compiler toolchain.

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Documentation

In release 1.1.5

READMENoVignettesYes · 1 · dynamicNEWSYes · 33% structured · mentions 1.1.5Citation fileNoWebsitenot declared in DESCRIPTION

Help pages: 71
Examples that run: 85%11 run in a plain check · 2 never run
Exported functions with examples: 45%
Documented parameters: 97%
Return-value docs: 85%
Help pages citing references: 0%

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Dependencies

Declared dependencies

10 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (2)

mrdsmethods

Imports (7)

graphicssplancsmgcvshapefiles rgeos fields sp

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Suggests (5)

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People (1)

Laura Marshall

Contributor

Maintainer since 1.0.0 (2013)

Releases (15)

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R 4.3.0 released · 2023-04-21
replacedReplaced by another package
replaced by dsims
archivedRemoved from CRAN
2022-08-07
the request of the maintainer
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R 4.2.0 released · 2022-04-22
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R 4.1.0 released · 2021-05-18
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R 4.0.0 released · 2020-04-24
1.1.5
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R 3.6.0 released · 2019-04-26
1.1.4
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2019-02-13 · diff ↗
1.1.3
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2018-06-27 · diff ↗
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R 3.5.0 released · 2018-04-23
1.1.2
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R 3.4.0 released · 2017-04-21
1.1.1
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2017-02-21 · diff ↗
1.1.0
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2017-01-16 · diff ↗ ·
added 1 export
check.sim.setup
1.0.8
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2016-11-07 · diff ↗

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1.0.7
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2016-10-05 · diff ↗
1.0.6
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2016-08-10 · diff ↗
1.0.5
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2016-06-20 · diff ↗ ·
added 3 exports
data.for.distance, histogram.N.ests, save.sim.results
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R 3.3.0 released · 2016-05-03
archivedRemoved from CRAN
2016-05-02
check problems were not corrected despite reminders
1.0.4
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2015-09-25 · diff ↗ ·
added 8 exports
add.hotspot, create.survey.results, generate.population, generate.transects, get.N, get.distance.data, run, run.analysis
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R 3.2.0 released · 2015-04-16
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1.0.2
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2014-12-21 · diff ↗ ·
removed 1 export
display.glossary

added 1 export
description.summary
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R 3.1.0 released · 2014-04-10
1.0.1
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2014-01-13 · diff ↗
1.0.0
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2013-12-18
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R 3.0.0 released · 2013-04-03

Package metadata

First published: 2013-12-18
Total releases: 15 / 13 yrs
License: GPL (>= 2) OSI
Bundled data: 85 KB / 5 files

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("DSsim")

Format

Marshall, L. (n.d.). DSsim: Distance Sampling Simulations (Version 1.1.5) [Computer software]. Retrieved October 25, 2026, from https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=DSsim

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

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APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for DSsim version 1.1.5 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-10-25. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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