R Observatory: Metrics for DidacticBoost version 0.1.1

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

DidacticBoost

0.1.1

A Simple Implementation and Demonstration of Gradient Boosting

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2.2Kdownloads / year

100.0%test coverage

13/13checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by David ShaubFirst published 2016-04-191 releasesCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗

A basic, clear implementation of tree-based gradient boosting designed to illustrate the core operation of boosting models. Tuning parameters (such as stochastic subsampling, modified learning rate, or regularization) are not implemented. The only adjustable parameter is the number of training rounds. If you are looking for a high performance boosting implementation with tuning parameters, consider the 'xgboost' package.

Install

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

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

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

if (!requireNamespace("pak", quietly = TRUE))
  install.packages("pak", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")
pak::pak("dashaub/DidacticBoost")

Development version from dashaub/DidacticBoost. Installs pak first if it is not already available.

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-didacticboost

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled.

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-DidacticBoost

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-DidacticBoost

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed).

Health

CRAN checks

13OK

Slowest check: 48 s · r-devel-windows-x86_64

Code health

Yes

Tests · ratio 0.14

100.0%

Coverage · measured lines

100%

Documentation · exports

1

Dependencies · direct

Check history

OK2026-08-05
13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
NOTE2026-08-01
12 OK · 1 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
OK2026-04-25
12 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
NOTE2026-03-10
11 OK · 3 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE

Documentation

READMENoVignettesNopkgdown siteNoNEWSNoCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 100%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 100%
References docs: 0%

Downloads

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CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #20,624 · ~6/day · ~182/mo

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Repository

GitHub ↗ dashaub/didacticboost

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18Commits

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crangradient-boostingr

License GPL-3.0 · 18 commits · Last activity 2016-04-19

Forks over time

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Repository practices

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1 development-tooling and community-health practice detected across 1 family in the upstream repository

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Continuous integration (1)

Travis CI

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Dependencies

Declared dependencies

1 external dependency (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (2)

R >= 3.1.1rpart

Imports (0)

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LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (1)

testthat

Enhances (0)

none

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Code & Tests

People & History

People (1)

Maintainer (1)

David Shaub

Author, Maintainer

Authors (1)

David Shaub

Author, Maintainer

Package Timeline

1 release. R releases are shown for context.

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R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
0.1.1Latest
2026-03-10 · current release
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R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11

Package metadata

First published: 2016-04-19
Total releases: 1 / 10 yrs
License: GPL-3 OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 3.1.1
Download size: 3.4 KB
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

Cite

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Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("DidacticBoost")

Format

Shaub, D. (2016). DidacticBoost: A Simple Implementation and Demonstration of Gradient Boosting (Version 0.1.1) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.DidacticBoost

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Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for DidacticBoost version 0.1.1 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-23. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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