R Observatory: Metrics for horseshoe version 0.2.0

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

This package was removed from CRAN on 2025-10-10. Its history is shown below.

Reason: check problems were not corrected despite reminders

Details below reflect version 0.2.0, its last release before removal.

horseshoe

0.2.0Package record

Implementation of the Horseshoe Prior

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–test coverage

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Overview

About

Maintained by Stephanie van der PasCRAN page ↗

Contains functions for applying the horseshoe prior to high- dimensional linear regression, yielding the posterior mean and credible intervals, amongst other things. The key parameter tau can be equipped with a prior or estimated via maximum marginal likelihood estimation (MMLE). The main function, horseshoe, is for linear regression. In addition, there are functions specifically for the sparse normal means problem, allowing for faster computation of for example the posterior mean and posterior variance. Finally, there is a function available to perform variable selection, using either a form of thresholding, or credible intervals.

Changes in 0.2.0

Vignette added
References in documentation updated

From NEWS.md in the release

Install

R (source archive)

url <- "https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/horseshoe/horseshoe_0.2.0.tar.gz"
pkgFile <- "horseshoe_0.2.0.tar.gz"
download.file(url, pkgFile)
install.packages(pkgFile, type = "source", repos = NULL)

This package is no longer on CRAN, so install.packages() cannot fetch it by name. This downloads the last archived source (0.2.0) and builds it locally. Install its dependencies first, and note that building from source needs the usual compiler toolchain.

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Documentation

In release 0.2.0

READMENoVignettesYes · 1 · dynamicNEWSYes · 100% structured · mentions 0.2.0Citation fileNoWebsitenot declared in DESCRIPTION

Help pages: 9 (3 internal)
Examples that run: 67%4 run in a plain check · 2 never run
Exported functions with examples: 100%
Documented parameters: 98%
Return-value docs: 100%
Help pages citing references: 67%

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People & History

People (4)

Stephanie van der Pas

Maintainer since 0.1.0 (2016), Author

James Scott

Author

Antik Chakraborty

Author

Anirban Bhattacharya

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Package metadata

First published: 2016-11-08
Total releases: 2 / 10 yrs
License: GPL-3 OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 3.1.0

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("horseshoe")

Format

van der Pas, S., Scott, J., Chakraborty, A., & Bhattacharya, A. (n.d.). horseshoe: Implementation of the Horseshoe Prior (Version 0.2.0) [Computer software]. Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=horseshoe

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APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for horseshoe version 0.2.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-10-22. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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