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RTMB

'R' Bindings for 'TMB'

v1.9 · Mar 20, 2026 · GPL (>= 2)
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Description

Native 'R' interface to 'TMB' (Template Model Builder) so models can be written entirely in 'R' rather than 'C++'. Automatic differentiation, to any order, is available for a rich subset of 'R' features, including linear algebra for dense and sparse matrices, complex arithmetic, Fast Fourier Transform, probability distributions and special functions. 'RTMB' provides easy access to model fitting and validation following the principles of Kristensen, K., Nielsen, A., Berg, C. W., Skaug, H., & Bell, B. M. (2016) <DOI:10.18637/jss.v070.i05> and Thygesen, U.H., Albertsen, C.M., Berg, C.W. et al. (2017) <DOI:10.1007/s10651-017-0372-4>.

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r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang OK
r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc OK
r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang OK
r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc OK
r-devel-macos-arm64 OK
r-devel-windows-x86_64 OK
r-oldrel-macos-arm64 WARNING
r-oldrel-macos-x86_64 WARNING
r-oldrel-windows-x86_64 WARNING
r-patched-linux-x86_64 OK
r-release-linux-x86_64 OK
r-release-macos-arm64 OK
r-release-macos-x86_64 OK
r-release-windows-x86_64 OK
Check details (6 non-OK)
WARNING r-oldrel-macos-arm64

for code/documentation mismatches

Codoc mismatches from Rd file 'ADvector.Rd':
\S4method{findInterval}{advector,advector}
  Code: function(x, vec, rightmost.closed = FALSE, all.inside = FALSE,
                 left.open = FALSE)
  Docs: function(x, vec, rightmost.closed = FALSE, all.inside = FALSE,
                 left.open = FALSE, checkSorted = TRUE, checkNA = TRUE)
  Argument names in docs not in code:
    checkSorted checkNA
NOTE r-oldrel-macos-arm64

installed package size

installed size is 134.1Mb
  sub-directories of 1Mb or more:
    R       2.1Mb
    libs  131.1Mb
WARNING r-oldrel-macos-x86_64

for code/documentation mismatches

Codoc mismatches from Rd file 'ADvector.Rd':
\S4method{findInterval}{advector,advector}
  Code: function(x, vec, rightmost.closed = FALSE, all.inside = FALSE,
                 left.open = FALSE)
  Docs: function(x, vec, rightmost.closed = FALSE, all.inside = FALSE,
                 left.open = FALSE, checkSorted = TRUE, checkNA = TRUE)
  Argument names in docs not in code:
    checkSorted checkNA
NOTE r-oldrel-macos-x86_64

installed package size

installed size is 136.9Mb
  sub-directories of 1Mb or more:
    R       2.0Mb
    libs  133.8Mb
WARNING r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

for code/documentation mismatches

Codoc mismatches from Rd file 'ADvector.Rd':
\S4method{findInterval}{advector,advector}
  Code: function(x, vec, rightmost.closed = FALSE, all.inside = FALSE,
                 left.open = FALSE)
  Docs: function(x, vec, rightmost.closed = FALSE, all.inside = FALSE,
                 left.open = FALSE, checkSorted = TRUE, checkNA = TRUE)
  Argument names in docs not in code:
    checkSorted checkNA
NOTE r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

installed package size

installed size is 10.7Mb
  sub-directories of 1Mb or more:
    R      1.2Mb
    libs   8.5Mb

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WARNING 11 OK · 0 NOTE · 3 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 24, 2026
WARNING r-oldrel-macos-arm64

installed package size

installed size is 134.1Mb
  sub-directories of 1Mb or more:
    R       2.1Mb
    libs  131.1Mb
WARNING r-oldrel-macos-x86_64

installed package size

installed size is 136.9Mb
  sub-directories of 1Mb or more:
    R       2.0Mb
    libs  133.8Mb
WARNING r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

installed package size

installed size is 10.7Mb
  sub-directories of 1Mb or more:
    R      1.2Mb
    libs   8.5Mb
ERROR 5 OK · 3 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 6 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 10, 2026
ERROR r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang

examples

Running examples in ‘RTMB-Ex.R’ failed
The error most likely occurred in:

> base::assign(".ptime", proc.time(), pos = "CheckExEnv")
> ### Name: OSA-residuals
> ### Title: Recursive quantile residuals
> ### Aliases: OSA-residuals oneStepPredict [.osa
...[truncated]...
meters=list(rw=rep(0,20), sd=1),
+                  random="rw")
Error in advector(e2) : 
  Invalid argument to 'advector' (lost class attribute?)
Calls: MakeADFun ... diff.advector -> diff_patch -> Ops.advector -> Arith2 -> advector
Execution halted
ERROR r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

examples

Running examples in ‘RTMB-Ex.R’ failed
The error most likely occurred in:

> base::assign(".ptime", proc.time(), pos = "CheckExEnv")
> ### Name: OSA-residuals
> ### Title: Recursive quantile residuals
> ### Aliases: OSA-residuals oneStepPredict [.osa
...[truncated]...
meters=list(rw=rep(0,20), sd=1),
+                  random="rw")
Error in advector(e2) : 
  Invalid argument to 'advector' (lost class attribute?)
Calls: MakeADFun ... diff.advector -> diff_patch -> Ops.advector -> Arith2 -> advector
Execution halted
ERROR r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang

examples

Running examples in ‘RTMB-Ex.R’ failed
The error most likely occurred in:

> ### Name: OSA-residuals
> ### Title: Recursive quantile residuals
> ### Aliases: OSA-residuals oneStepPredict [.osa length.osa dim.osa
> ###   is.array.osa is.matrix.osa
> 

...[truncated]...
meters=list(rw=rep(0,20), sd=1),
+                  random="rw")
Error in advector(e2) : 
  Invalid argument to 'advector' (lost class attribute?)
Calls: MakeADFun ... diff.advector -> diff_patch -> Ops.advector -> Arith2 -> advector
Execution halted
ERROR r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc

examples

Running examples in ‘RTMB-Ex.R’ failed
The error most likely occurred in:

> ### Name: OSA-residuals
> ### Title: Recursive quantile residuals
> ### Aliases: OSA-residuals oneStepPredict [.osa length.osa dim.osa
> ###   is.array.osa is.matrix.osa
> 

...[truncated]...
meters=list(rw=rep(0,20), sd=1),
+                  random="rw")
Error in advector(e2) : 
  Invalid argument to 'advector' (lost class attribute?)
Calls: MakeADFun ... diff.advector -> diff_patch -> Ops.advector -> Arith2 -> advector
Execution halted
ERROR r-devel-macos-arm64

tests

Running ‘tinytest.R’ [0s/1s]
Running the tests in ‘tests/tinytest.R’ failed.
Complete output:
  > if (requireNamespace("tinytest", quietly=TRUE)) {
  +     tinytest::test_package("RTMB", ncpu=getOption("Ncpus", 1))
  + }
  starting worker pid=56958 o
...[truncated]...
e) parallel:::.slaveRSOCK)()
  An irrecoverable exception occurred. R is aborting now ...
  Error in unserialize(node$con) : error reading from connection
  Calls: <Anonymous> ... FUN -> recvData -> recvData.SOCKnode -> unserialize
  Execution halted
ERROR r-devel-windows-x86_64

examples

Running examples in 'RTMB-Ex.R' failed
The error most likely occurred in:

> ### Name: OSA-residuals
> ### Title: Recursive quantile residuals
> ### Aliases: OSA-residuals oneStepPredict [.osa length.osa dim.osa
> ###   is.array.osa is.matrix.osa
> 

...[truncated]...
meters=list(rw=rep(0,20), sd=1),
+                  random="rw")
Error in advector(e2) : 
  Invalid argument to 'advector' (lost class attribute?)
Calls: MakeADFun ... diff.advector -> diff_patch -> Ops.advector -> Arith2 -> advector
Execution halted
NOTE r-oldrel-macos-arm64

installed package size

installed size is 128.2Mb
  sub-directories of 1Mb or more:
    R       2.0Mb
    libs  125.3Mb
NOTE r-oldrel-macos-x86_64

installed package size

installed size is 129.0Mb
  sub-directories of 1Mb or more:
    R       2.0Mb
    libs  126.1Mb
NOTE r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

installed package size

installed size is 10.3Mb
  sub-directories of 1Mb or more:
    R      1.1Mb
    libs   8.3Mb

Reverse Dependencies (12)

depends

LaMa RTMBdist ecostate fishgrowth

imports

PKbioanalysis ctsmTMB dsem multiSA pmrm salmonMSE tsissm

suggests

tmbstan

Dependency Network

Dependencies Reverse dependencies Rcpp Matrix TMB MASS LaMa RTMBdist ecostate fishgrowth PKbioanalysis ctsmTMB dsem multiSA pmrm salmonMSE tsissm tmbstan RTMB

Version History

updated 1.9 ← 1.8 diff Mar 20, 2026
new 1.8 Mar 10, 2026
updated 1.8 ← 1.7 diff Oct 13, 2025
updated 1.7 ← 1.6 diff Jan 9, 2025
updated 1.6 ← 1.5 diff Sep 10, 2024
updated 1.5 ← 1.4 diff Apr 22, 2024
updated 1.4 ← 1.3 diff Nov 30, 2023
updated 1.3 ← 1.2 diff Oct 12, 2023
new 1.2 Aug 9, 2023