R Observatory: Metrics for KSD version 1.0.1

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

This package was removed from CRAN on 2026-01-30. Its history is shown below.

Reason: requires archived package 'pryr'

Details below reflect version 1.0.1, its last release before removal.

KSD

1.0.1

Goodness-of-Fit Tests using Kernelized Stein Discrepancy

0packages depend

–downloads / year

–test coverage

–checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Min Hyung Kang3 releasesCRAN page ↗

An adaptation of Kernelized Stein Discrepancy, this package provides a goodness-of-fit test of whether a given i.i.d. sample is drawn from a given distribution. It works for any distribution once its score function (the derivative of log-density) can be provided. This method is based on "A Kernelized Stein Discrepancy for Goodness-of-fit Tests and Model Evaluation" by Liu, Lee, and Jordan, available at arXiv:1602.03253.

Install

R (source archive)Ubuntu (r2u)openSUSE (OBS)

url <- "https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/KSD/KSD_1.0.1.tar.gz"
pkgFile <- "KSD_1.0.1.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 (1.0.1) and builds it locally. Install its dependencies first, and note that building from source needs the usual compiler toolchain.

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-ksd

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

# 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-KSD

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

Health

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Code health

None

Tests · ratio 0.00

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Coverage

100%

Documentation · exports

3

Dependencies · direct

Documentation

READMEYes · 353 wordsVignettesNopkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 33% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 100%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 50%
References docs: 0%

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Dependencies

Declared dependencies

5 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (0)

none

Imports (3)

pryrgraphicsstats

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (5)

datasetsggplot2 gridExtra mclust mvtnorm

Enhances (0)

none

Dependency license breakdown →

Reverse dependencies

0direct

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Nothing depends on this yet.

Code & Tests

People & History

People (2)

Maintainer (1)

Min Hyung Kang

Author, Maintainer

Authors (2)

Min Hyung Kang

Author, Maintainer

Qiang Liu

Author

Package Timeline

3 releases. Pick two to compare their code metrics. R releases are shown for context.

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R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
archivedRemoved from CRAN
2026-01-30
requires archived package 'pryr'
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R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11
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R 4.4.0 released · 2024-04-24
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R 4.3.0 released · 2023-04-21
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R 4.2.0 released · 2022-04-22
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R 4.1.0 released · 2021-05-18
1.0.1
2021-01-11 · diff ↗
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R 4.0.0 released · 2020-04-24
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R 3.6.0 released · 2019-04-26
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R 3.5.0 released · 2018-04-23
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R 3.4.0 released · 2017-04-21
1.0.0
2016-07-31 · diff ↗
0.1.0
2016-07-08
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R 3.3.0 released · 2016-05-03

Package metadata

Total releases: 3
License: MIT + file LICENSE OSI
Download size: not tracked yet
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

Cite

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Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("KSD")

Format

Kang, M. H., & Liu, Q. (n.d.). KSD: Goodness-of-Fit Tests using Kernelized Stein Discrepancy (Version 1.0.1) [Computer software]. Retrieved August 15, 2026, from https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=KSD

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

Format

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for KSD version 1.0.1 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-15. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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