R Observatory: Metrics for pcalg version 2.7-12

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

pcalg

2.7-12Package record

Methods for Graphical Models and Causal Inference

12packages dependsuggested by 6

97.3Kdownloads / year

63.9%test coverage

8/13flavors OK

Overview

About

Maintained by Markus KalischCRAN page ↗Website ↗

Functions for causal structure learning and causal inference using graphical models. The main algorithms for causal structure learning are PC (for observational data without hidden variables), FCI and RFCI (for observational data with hidden variables), and GIES (for a mix of data from observational studies (i.e. observational data) and data from experiments involving interventions (i.e. interventional data) without hidden variables). For causal inference the IDA algorithm, the Generalized Backdoor Criterion (GBC), the Generalized Adjustment Criterion (GAC) and some related functions are implemented. Functions for incorporating background knowledge are provided.

Install

R (CRAN)Ubuntu (r2u)

install.packages("pcalg", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")

Installs the current CRAN release. Prebuilt binaries on Windows and macOS.

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-pcalg

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled. We list this channel from recorded r2u download activity rather than from a live index of the repository, so treat it as last known rather than guaranteed.

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

Health

CRAN checks

5NOTE8OK

Check messages

NOTER code for possible problemsr-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang, r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc, r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang, r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc, r-devel-windows-x86_64

Found calls to structure() using deprecated special names:
  pcalg/tests/test_pcSelect.R (.Dim: 4, .Dimnames: 4)
'.Dim' should be changed to 'dim'.
'.Dimnames' should be changed to 'dimnames'.

NOTERd contentsr-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang, r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

Rd files without \usage:
  ‘amatType.Rd’
\arguments should not be documented without \usage.

CRAN check page ↗

Slowest check: 10.5 min · r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

Status changes

NOTE8 OK, 5 NOTENow
NOTE9 OK, 4 NOTE2026-07-24
ERROR9 OK, 3 NOTE, 1 ERROR2026-07-23
NOTE12 OK, 1 NOTE2026-07-11
OK13 OK2026-06-09
ERROR12 OK, 1 ERROR2026-06-07

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OK12 OK2026-04-25
NOTE11 OK, 3 NOTE2026-04-22
ERROR10 OK, 3 NOTE, 1 ERROR2026-04-18
NOTE11 OK, 3 NOTE2026-03-10

Advisories

none known

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Documentation

In release 2.7-12

READMENoVignettesYes · 1 · dynamicNEWSYes · does not mention 2.7-12Citation fileYes · cites a publicationWebsiteYes

Cites a JSS article

Help pages: 95 (1 internal)
Examples that run: 100%83 run in a plain check
Exported functions with examples: 87%
Documented parameters: 86%
Return-value docs: 97%
Help pages citing references: 61%

Vignettes (1)

Overview of the 'pcalg' Package for R PDF

How these are measured

Downloads

97.3K

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #1,370 · ~267/day · ~8.1K/mo

Releases R versions

Daily download trend is not available in this view yet.

7.4K30 days

20.7K90 days

97.3K1 year

Compare downloads with other packages →

Also on620 r2u2.2K bioconda257 c2d4u

How downloads are counted

Dependencies

Declared dependencies

21 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Installing pcalg adds 26 packages (15 with compiled code, 32 MB of source tarballs). Heaviest: BH 14 MB, igraph 4.8 MB, robustbase 2.2 MB. 2 more not on CRAN are not measured.

Depends (1)

R >= 3.5.0

Imports (17)

statsgraphicsutilsmethodsabind graph RBGL igraph ggm corpcor robustbase vcd Rcpp bdsmatrix sfsmisc (>= 1.0-26)fastICA clue

LinkingTo (3)

Rcpp RcppArmadillo BH

Suggests (7)

MASSMatrixRgraphviz mvtnorm huge ggplot2 dagitty

Enhances (0)

none

Dependency license breakdown →

Reverse dependencies

12direct

1indirect

Depends 3 · Imports 9

Suggested by 6

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Depends, Imports or LinkingTo, most downloaded first

BiDAG SID MRPC causalDisco qtlnet eff2 clustNet NetCoupler micd mDAG tpc pcgen

Suggests, most downloaded first

qgraph caugi iTOP PFCI AncReg lingamr

How these are counted

Code & Tests

Datasets

People & History

People (17)

Markus Kalisch

Author, Maintainer since 0.1-3 (2006)

Alain Hauser

Author · added in 2.0-1

Martin Maechler

Author · added in 0.1-4

Nicoletta Andri

Contributor · added in 2.4-2

Diego Colombo

Contributor · added in 0.1-9

Marco Eigenmann

Contributor · added in 2.6-0

Doris Entner

Contributor · added in 2.2-0

Leonard Henckel

Contributor · added in 2.7-0

Patrik Hoyer

Contributor · added in 2.2-0

Antti Hyttinen

Contributor · added in 2.2-0

Joris Mooij

Contributor · added in 2.7-0

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Preetam Nandy

Contributor · added in 2.4-2

Emilija Perkovic

Contributor · added in 2.4-2

Jonas Peters

Contributor · added in 2.2-0

Philipp Ruetimann

Contributor · added in 2.4-2

Manuel Schuerch

Contributor · added in 2.4-2

Daniel Stekhoven

Contributor · added in 2.4-2

Listed in earlier versions (1)

Marin Maechler

no longer listed · 0.1-3

Releases (49)

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Package metadata

First published: 2006-06-06
Total releases: 49 / 20 yrs
License: GPL (>= 2) OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 3.5.0
Bundled data: 2.1 MB / 7 files
Download size: 3.9 MB

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It points to 10.18637/jss.v047.i11.

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Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for pcalg version 2.7-12 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-10-25. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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