R Observatory: Metrics for laser version 2.4-1

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

This package was removed from CRAN on 2013-09-04. Its history is shown below.

Details below reflect version 2.4-1, its last release before removal.

laser

2.4-1

Likelihood Analysis of Speciation/Extinction Rates from Phylogenies

0packages depend

–downloads / year

–test coverage

–checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Dan Rabosky5 releasesCRAN page ↗

laser implements maximum likelihood methods based on the birth-death process to test whether diversification rates have changed over time and whether rates vary among lineages.

Install

R (source archive)

url <- "https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/laser/laser_2.4-1.tar.gz"
pkgFile <- "laser_2.4-1.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 (2.4-1) and builds it locally. Install its dependencies first, and note that building from source needs the usual compiler toolchain.

Health

CRAN checks

CRAN check results are not tracked yet.

Code health

None

Tests · ratio 0.00

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Coverage

2

Dependencies · direct

Documentation

READMENoVignettesNopkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 0% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 100%
Documented parameters: not tracked
Return-value docs: not tracked
References docs: 63%

Downloads

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Dependencies

Declared dependencies

2 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (3)

R >= 2.6ape geiger

Imports (0)

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LinkingTo (0)

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Suggests (0)

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Enhances (0)

none

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Reverse dependencies

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Nothing depends on this yet.

Code & Tests

Datasets

People & History

People (2)

Other (2)

Dan Rabosky

Contributor

Klaus Schliep

Contributor · added in 2.4-1

Package Timeline

5 releases. Pick two to compare their code metrics. R releases are shown for context.

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R 3.4.0 released · 2017-04-21
archivedRemoved from CRAN
2017-03-20
check problems were not corrected despite reminders
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R 3.3.0 released · 2016-05-03
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R 3.2.0 released · 2015-04-16
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R 3.1.0 released · 2014-04-10
2.4-1
2013-09-03 · diff ↗
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R 3.0.0 released · 2013-04-03
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R 2.15.0 released · 2012-03-30
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R 2.14.0 released · 2011-10-31
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R 2.13.0 released · 2011-04-13
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R 2.12.0 released · 2010-10-15
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R 2.11.0 released · 2010-04-22
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R 2.10.0 released · 2009-10-26
2.3
2009-08-29 · diff ↗
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R 2.9.0 released · 2009-04-17
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R 2.8.0 released · 2008-10-20

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2.2
2008-09-21 · diff ↗
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R 2.7.0 released · 2008-04-22
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R 2.6.0 released · 2007-10-03
2.1
2007-05-20 · diff ↗
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R 2.5.0 released · 2007-04-24
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R 2.4.0 released · 2006-10-03
1.0
2006-06-06
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R 2.3.0 released · 2006-04-24

Package metadata

Total releases: 5
License: GPL (>= 2) OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 2.6
Bundled data: 32 KB / 9 files
Download size: not tracked yet
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("laser")

Format

Rabosky, D., & Schliep, K. (n.d.). laser: Likelihood Analysis of Speciation/Extinction Rates from Phylogenies (Version 2.4-1) [Computer software]. Retrieved August 13, 2026, from https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=laser

This is what citation() produces when a package has no citation file of its own. If it prints something else, use that.

Cite the R Observatory

For a number measured here: a download total, a coverage figure, an archival date.

Format

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for laser version 2.4-1 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-11. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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