R Observatory: Metrics for MSCMT version 1.4.4

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

MSCMT

1.4.4

Multivariate Synthetic Control Method Using Time Series

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4.7Kdownloads / year

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Overview

About

Maintained by Martin BeckerFirst published 2016-07-2518 releasesCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗

Three generalizations of the synthetic control method (which has already an implementation in package 'Synth') are implemented: first, 'MSCMT' allows for using multiple outcome variables, second, time series can be supplied as economic predictors, and third, a well-defined cross-validation approach can be used. Much effort has been taken to make the implementation as stable as possible (including edge cases) without losing computational efficiency. A detailed description of the main algorithms is given in Becker and Klößner (2018) doi:10.1016/j.ecosta.2017.08.002.

Install

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

install.packages("MSCMT", 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("mabe0033/MSCMT")

Development version from mabe0033/MSCMT. 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-mscmt

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-MSCMT

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-MSCMT

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

Health

CRAN checks

13OK

Slowest check: 6.4 min · r-devel-windows-x86_64

Code health

None

Tests · ratio 0.00

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Coverage

100%

Documentation · exports

9

Dependencies · direct

Check history

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NOTE2026-08-01
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13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
WARNING2026-05-28
12 OK · 0 NOTE · 1 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
OK2026-05-24
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WARNING2026-05-13
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Documentation

READMENoVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 100% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 17%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 100%
References docs: 18%

Downloads

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CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #6,400 · ~13/day · ~391/mo

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Repository

GitHub ↗ mabe0033/mscmt

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Last activity 2026-06-15

Repository practices

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Dependencies

Declared dependencies

23 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (1)

R >= 3.2.0

Imports (9)

statsutilsparallellpSolve ggplot2 lpSolveAPI Rglpk Rdpack rlang

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (17)

Synth DEoptim rgenoud DEoptimR GenSA GA soma cmaes Rmalschains NMOF nloptr pso LowRankQP kernlab reshape knitr rmarkdown

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Code & Tests

People & History

People (8)

Maintainer (1)

Martin Becker

Author, Maintainer

Authors (2)

Martin Becker

Author, Maintainer

Stefan Klößner

Author · added in 1.3.0

Copyright holders (5)

LAPACK authors

Copyright holder

Jack Dongarra

Copyright holder · added in 1.3.4

R.J. Hanson

Copyright holder · added in 1.3.4

K.H. Haskell

Copyright holder · added in 1.3.4

Cleve Moler

Copyright holder · added in 1.3.4

Other (1)

Karline Soetaert

Compiler

Listed in earlier versions (1)

Stefan Kloessner

no longer listed · 1.0.0 to 1.2.0

Package Timeline

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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 3.3.0 released · 2016-05-03

Package metadata

First published: 2016-07-25
Total releases: 18 / 10 yrs
License: GPL
Minimum R: ≥ 3.2.0
Download size: 603 KB
Installed size: not tracked yet
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Becker, M., LAPACK authors, Dongarra, J., Hanson, R. J., Haskell, K. H., Klößner, S., Moler, C., & Soetaert, K. (2026). MSCMT: Multivariate Synthetic Control Method Using Time Series (Version 1.4.4) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.MSCMT

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Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for MSCMT version 1.4.4 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-24. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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