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kbal

Kernel Balancing

v0.1.4 · Feb 23, 2026 · GPL (>= 2)

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Provides a weighting approach that employs kernels to make one group have a similar distribution to another group on covariates. This method matches not only means or marginal distributions but also higher-order transformations implied by the choice of kernel. 'kbal' is applicable to both treatment effect estimation and survey reweighting problems. Based on Hazlett, C. (2020) "Kernel Balancing: A flexible non-parametric weighting procedure for estimating causal effects." Statistica Sinica. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/299013953_Kernel_Balancing_A_flexible_non-parametric_weighting_procedure_for_estimating_causal_effects>.

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Dependencies Reverse dependencies Rcpp RcppParallel dplyr RSpectra kbal

Version History

new 0.1.4 Mar 10, 2026
updated 0.1.4 ← 0.1.3 diff Feb 22, 2026
updated 0.1.3 ← 0.1.2 diff Jul 5, 2025
updated 0.1.2 ← 0.1.1 diff Mar 13, 2025
new 0.1.1 Oct 15, 2024