R Observatory: Metrics for pbox version 0.1.8

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

This package was removed from CRAN on 2025-11-28. Its history is shown below.

Reason: issues were not corrected despite reminders

Details below reflect version 0.1.8, its last release before removal.

pbox

0.1.8

Exploring Multivariate Spaces with Probability Boxes

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–downloads / year

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Overview

About

Maintained by Ahmed T. Hammad1 releasesCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗

Advanced statistical library offering a method to encapsulate and query the probability space of a dataset effortlessly using Probability Boxes (p-boxes). Its distinctive feature lies in the ease with which users can navigate and analyze marginal, joint, and conditional probabilities while taking into account the underlying correlation structure inherent in the data using copula theory and models. A comprehensive explanation is available in the paper "pbox: Exploring Multivariate Spaces with Probability Boxes" to be published in the Journal of Statistical Software.

Install

R (source archive)pak (dev)Ubuntu (r2u)openSUSE (OBS)

url <- "https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/pbox/pbox_0.1.8.tar.gz"
pkgFile <- "pbox_0.1.8.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 (0.1.8) and builds it locally. Install its dependencies first, and note that building from source needs the usual compiler toolchain.

if (!requireNamespace("pak", quietly = TRUE))
  install.packages("pak", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")
pak::pak("athammad/pbox")

Development version from athammad/pbox. Installs pak first if it is not already available.

Release

# enable cranapt (r2u) if it is not already set up, then install
grep -rqs r2u.stat.illinois.edu /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ \
  || curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eddelbuettel/r2u/master/inst/scripts/add_cranapt_noble.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install -y r-cran-pbox

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled.

bspm (used by r2u) also needs make: sudo apt install make

# add the autoCRAN OBS repo (Tumbleweed) if it is missing, then install
zypper -q lr | grep -qi autoCRAN \
  || sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/R:/autoCRAN/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/devel:languages:R:autoCRAN.repo
sudo zypper install -y R-pbox

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed).

Health

CRAN checks

CRAN check results are not tracked yet.

Code health

Yes

Tests · ratio 1.04

not tracked

Coverage

100%

Documentation · exports

9

Dependencies · direct

Documentation

READMEYes · 498 wordsVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 100% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 100%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 95%
References docs: 0%

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Dependencies

Declared dependencies

11 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (2)

R >= 2.10gamlss.dist

Imports (8)

copula data.table gamlssmethodspurrrstatsstringrutils

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (5)

ggplot2 knitr rmarkdown spelling testthat

Enhances (0)

none

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Reverse dependencies

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Nothing depends on this yet.

Code & Tests

People & History

People (1)

Maintainer (1)

Ahmed T. Hammad

Author, Maintainer, Copyright holder

Authors (1)

Ahmed T. Hammad

Author, Maintainer, Copyright holder

Copyright holders (1)

Ahmed T. Hammad

Author, Maintainer, Copyright holder

Package Timeline

1 release. R releases are shown for context.

R
R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
archivedRemoved from CRAN
2025-11-28
issues were not corrected despite reminders
R
R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11
0.1.8
2024-05-27
R
R 4.4.0 released · 2024-04-24

Package metadata

Total releases: 1
License: GPL-3 OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 2.10
Bundled data: 1.0 KB / 1 file
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("pbox")

Format

Hammad, A. T. (n.d.). pbox: Exploring Multivariate Spaces with Probability Boxes (Version 0.1.8) [Computer software]. Retrieved August 14, 2026, from https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=pbox

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Format

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for pbox version 0.1.8 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-13. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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