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nlshrink

Non-Linear Shrinkage Estimation of Population Eigenvalues and Covariance Matrices

v1.0.1 · Apr 12, 2016 · GPL-3

Description

Non-linear shrinkage estimation of population eigenvalues and covariance matrices, based on publications by Ledoit and Wolf (2004, 2015, 2016).

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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

R code for possible problems

Incorrect (un)loading of package shared object.
Fatal error: cannot create 'R_TempDir'
The system-specific extension for shared objects must not be added.
See ?library.dynam.
OK 14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 10, 2026

Code

Structure

Lines of code

1,235

Files

19

Compiled share

0%

Has compiled src

No

Language breakdown

R 883 (71.5%)Docs 352 (28.5%)

API

Exported functions

7

Internal functions

3

Recent export changes

v1.0.1+7 ESD, lambda_estimate, linshrink +4 more

Testing & CI

Has tests

No

Test-to-code ratio

0.00

testthat edition

CI present

No

CI type

[]

PR gated

No

Docs

Return-value doc rate

85.7%

\dontrun example ratio

0%

Roxygen coverage

100%

Has pkgdown

No

NEWS present

No

Health & Security signals

Informational signals; not verdicts.

on.exit coverage

Unsafe pattern score

0

Dep constraint coverage

100%

Secret pattern count

0

Bundled 3rd-party code

2 items

Portability & License

Min R version

3.2.3

System requirements

C++ standard

License

GPL-3

License flags

SPDX valid, OSI approved

History

Versions

1

First release

2016-04-12

Latest release

2016-04-12

Avg cadence

Cold removal rate

Dep drift

0

Per-file churn detail lives in the source pipeline: https://github.com/r-observatory/cran-code-metrics.

Reverse Dependencies (3)

imports

Dependency Network

Dependencies Reverse dependencies MASS nloptr xdcclarge GGMncv GeometricMorphometricsMix nlshrink

Version History

1 tracked
new 1.0.1 Mar 10, 2026

R Observatory began tracking this package on Mar 10, 2026; it first appeared on CRAN Apr 12, 2016. Releases before tracking aren’t shown.