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Flexible Data Simulation Using the Multivariate Normal Distribution

v1.5.0 · Jan 18, 2026 · GPL (>= 3)

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This R package can be used to generate artificial data conditionally on pre-specified (simulated or user-defined) relationships between the variables and/or observations. Each observation is drawn from a multivariate Normal distribution where the mean vector and covariance matrix reflect the desired relationships. Outputs can be used to evaluate the performances of variable selection, graphical modelling, or clustering approaches by comparing the true and estimated structures (B Bodinier et al (2021) <doi:10.1093/jrsssc/qlad058>).

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Version History

new 1.5.0 Mar 10, 2026
updated 1.5.0 ← 1.4.0 diff Jan 17, 2026
updated 1.4.0 ← 1.3.0 diff Apr 13, 2023
updated 1.3.0 ← 1.0.0 diff Dec 8, 2022
new 1.0.0 Aug 8, 2022