R Observatory: Metrics for PFCI version 0.1.1

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

PFCI

0.1.1

Penalized Fast Causal Inference for High-Dimensional Structure Learning

0packages depend

705downloads / year

1.5%test coverage

13/13checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Dhrubajyoti GhoshFirst published 2026-06-022 releasesCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗

Implements Penalized Fast Causal Inference (PFCI), a two-stage causal structure learning procedure for high-dimensional settings with potential latent variables and selection bias. In the first stage, neighborhood selection via the Lasso constructs a sparse undirected skeleton. In the second stage, the Fast Causal Inference (FCI) algorithm orients edges on this reduced graph, producing a Partial Ancestral Graph (PAG) that accounts for latent confounders. The method is consistent under sparsity assumptions and substantially faster than standard FCI and RFCI in high dimensions. See Pal, Ghosh, and Yang (2025) doi:10.48550/arXiv.2507.00173 for the underlying theory.

Install

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

install.packages("PFCI", 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("djghosh1123/PFCI")

Development version from djghosh1123/PFCI. 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-pfci

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-PFCI

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-PFCI

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

Health

CRAN checks

13OK

Slowest check: 1.3 min · r-oldrel-macos-x86_64

Code health

Yes

Tests · ratio 0.09

1.5%

Coverage · measured lines

100%

Documentation · exports

3

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
OK2026-06-03
6 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE

Documentation

READMEYes · 130 wordsVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 100% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

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

Downloads

705

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #14,921 · ~2/day · ~59/mo

Releases R versions

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12530 days

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7051 year

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Repository

GitHub ↗ djghosh1123/pfci

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Last activity 2026-06-21

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CRAN release process (2)

cran-comments.mdCRAN-SUBMISSION

Docs source (1)

README.Rmd

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Dependencies

Declared dependencies

9 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

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Imports (3)

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People & History

People (3)

Maintainer (1)

Dhrubajyoti Ghosh

Author, Maintainer

Authors (3)

Dhrubajyoti Ghosh

Author, Maintainer

Samhita Pal

Author

Shu Yang

Author

Package Timeline

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0.1.1Latest
2026-06-03 · current release · diff ↗
0.1.0
2026-06-02
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R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24

Package metadata

First published: 2026-06-02
Total releases: 2 / 1 yrs
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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citation("PFCI")

Format

Ghosh, D., Pal, S., & Yang, S. (2026). PFCI: Penalized Fast Causal Inference for High-Dimensional Structure Learning (Version 0.1.1) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.PFCI

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Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for PFCI version 0.1.1 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-13. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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