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Latent Variable Models

v1.9.0 · Apr 4, 2026 · Apache License (== 2.0)

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A general implementation of Structural Equation Models with latent variables (MLE, 2SLS, and composite likelihood estimators) with both continuous, censored, and ordinal outcomes (Holst and Budtz-Joergensen (2013) <doi:10.1007/s00180-012-0344-y>). Mixture latent variable models and non-linear latent variable models (Holst and Budtz-Joergensen (2020) <doi:10.1093/biostatistics/kxy082>). The package also provides methods for graph exploration (d-separation, back-door criterion), simulation of general non-linear latent variable models, and estimation of influence functions for a broad range of statistical models.

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Reverse Dependencies (18)

Dependency Network

Dependencies Reverse dependencies cli future.apply numDeriv progressr survival SQUAREM NMMIPW carts lavaSearch2 BuyseTest DIRMR FunctanSNP LMMstar LRQVB Publish SmoothHazard mets pec poissonsuperlearner polle prodlim +3 more reverse deps lava

Version History

updated 1.9.0 ← 1.8.2 diff Apr 4, 2026
new 1.8.2 Mar 10, 2026
updated 1.8.2 ← 1.8.1 diff Oct 29, 2025
updated 1.8.1 ← 1.8.0 diff Jan 11, 2025
updated 1.8.0 ← 1.7.3 diff Mar 4, 2024
updated 1.7.3 ← 1.7.2.1 diff Nov 3, 2023
updated 1.7.2.1 ← 1.7.2 diff Feb 26, 2023
updated 1.7.2 ← 1.7.1 diff Feb 22, 2023
updated 1.7.1 ← 1.7.0 diff Jan 5, 2023
updated 1.7.0 ← 1.6.10 diff Oct 24, 2022
updated 1.6.10 ← 1.6.9 diff Sep 1, 2021
updated 1.6.9 ← 1.6.8.1 diff Mar 10, 2021
updated 1.6.8.1 ← 1.6.8 diff Nov 3, 2020
updated 1.6.8 ← 1.6.7 diff Sep 25, 2020
updated 1.6.7 ← 1.6.6 diff Mar 4, 2020
updated 1.6.6 ← 1.6.5 diff Aug 1, 2019
updated 1.6.5 ← 1.6.4 diff Feb 11, 2019
updated 1.6.4 ← 1.6.3 diff Nov 24, 2018
updated 1.6.3 ← 1.6.2 diff Aug 9, 2018
updated 1.6.2 ← 1.6.1 diff Jul 1, 2018