R Observatory: Metrics for PointFore version 0.2.1

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

PointFore

0.2.1

Interpretation of Point Forecasts as State-Dependent Quantiles and Expectiles

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2.3Kdownloads / year

45.8%test coverage

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Overview

About

Maintained by Patrick SchmidtFirst published 2019-02-222 releasesCRAN page ↗

Estimate specification models for the state-dependent level of an optimal quantile/expectile forecast. Wald Tests and the test of overidentifying restrictions are implemented. Plotting of the estimated specification model is possible. The package contains two data sets with forecasts and realizations: the daily accumulated precipitation at London, UK from the high-resolution model of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF, https://www.ecmwf.int/) and GDP growth Greenbook data by the US Federal Reserve. See Schmidt, Katzfuss and Gneiting (2015) doi:10.48550/arXiv.1506.01917 for more details on the identification and estimation of a directive behind a point forecast.

Install

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

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

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

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-pointfore

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-PointFore

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-PointFore

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

Health

CRAN checks

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Slowest check: 5.1 min · r-oldrel-macos-x86_64

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Coverage · measured lines

100%

Documentation · exports

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Documentation

READMEYes · 176 wordsVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 100% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 100%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 80%
References docs: 0%

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9 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

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R >= 3.2.0

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Package metadata

First published: 2019-02-22
Total releases: 2 / 7 yrs
License: CC0
Minimum R: ≥ 3.2.0
Bundled data: 30 KB / 2 files
Download size: 136 KB
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With dependencies: not tracked yet

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Format

Schmidt, P. (2026). PointFore: Interpretation of Point Forecasts as State-Dependent Quantiles and Expectiles (Version 0.2.1) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.PointFore

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Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for PointFore version 0.2.1 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-18. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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