hbsaems

Hierarchical Bayesian Area-Level Small Area Estimation Models

v1.1.0 · Jun 1, 2026 · GPL (>= 3)

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Fits area-level Hierarchical Bayesian Small Area Estimation models. The methodological foundation follows the standard area-level Small Area Estimation literature, primarily Rao and Molina (2015, ISBN: 9781118735787) <doi:10.1002/9781118735855>, while computational implementation is adapted to the parameterisation and prior-specification conventions of the 'brms' package <doi:10.18637/jss.v080.i01>, which targets the Stan back-end. Supports a principled Bayesian workflow <doi:10.48550/arXiv.2011.01808>, with prior predictive checks, convergence diagnostics, model comparison, spatial random effects, custom distributions, missing-data handling, and a bilingual 'shiny' application for non-programmer analysts.

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OK 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Jun 9, 2026

ERROR 12 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Jun 8, 2026

ERROR r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

package dependencies

Packages required but not available: 'brms', 'mice'

See section ‘The DESCRIPTION file’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’
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ERROR 11 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Apr 25, 2026

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See section ‘The DESCRIPTION file’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’
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ERROR 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Apr 18, 2026

ERROR r-devel-windows-x86_64

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ems-run_sae_app.Rmd'

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SUMMARY: processing the following file failed:
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Error: Vignette re-building failed.
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updated 1.1.0 ← 1.0.0 diff Jun 1, 2026

updated 1.0.0 ← 0.1.1 diff May 25, 2026

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