R Observatory: Metrics for spBFA version 1.5.0

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

This package was removed from CRAN on 2026-01-22. Its history is shown below.

Reason: issues were not corrected in time

Details below reflect version 1.5.0, its last release before removal.

spBFA

1.5.0

Spatial Bayesian Factor Analysis

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Overview

About

Maintained by Samuel I. Berchuck6 releasesCRAN page ↗

Implements a spatial Bayesian non-parametric factor analysis model with inference in a Bayesian setting using Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC). Spatial correlation is introduced in the columns of the factor loadings matrix using a Bayesian non-parametric prior, the probit stick-breaking process. Areal spatial data is modeled using a conditional autoregressive (CAR) prior and point-referenced spatial data is treated using a Gaussian process. The response variable can be modeled as Gaussian, probit, Tobit, or Binomial (using Polya-Gamma augmentation). Temporal correlation is introduced for the latent factors through a hierarchical structure and can be specified as exponential or first-order autoregressive. Full details of the package can be found in the accompanying vignette. Furthermore, the details of the package can be found in "Bayesian Non-Parametric Factor Analysis for Longitudinal Spatial Surfaces", by Berchuck et al (2019), doi:10.1214/20-BA1253 in Bayesian Analysis.

Install

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

url <- "https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/spBFA/spBFA_1.5.0.tar.gz"
pkgFile <- "spBFA_1.5.0.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 (1.5.0) and builds it locally. Install its dependencies first, and note that building from source needs the usual compiler toolchain.

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-spbfa

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-spBFA

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

Health

CRAN checks

CRAN check results are not tracked yet.

Code health

None

Tests · ratio 0.00

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Coverage

100%

Documentation · exports

8

Dependencies · direct

Documentation

READMENoVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 100% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 75%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 100%
References docs: 33%

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Dependencies

Declared dependencies

11 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (1)

R >= 3.0.2

Imports (8)

graphicsgrDevicesmsm mvtnorm pgdraw Rcppstatsutils

LinkingTo (2)

Rcpp RcppArmadillo

Suggests (5)

coda classInt knitr rmarkdown womblR

Enhances (0)

none

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Code & Tests

People & History

People (1)

Maintainer (1)

Samuel I. Berchuck

Author, Maintainer

Authors (1)

Samuel I. Berchuck

Author, Maintainer

Package Timeline

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

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R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
archivedRemoved from CRAN
2026-01-22
issues were not corrected in time
1.5.0
2026-01-07 · diff ↗
1.4.0
2025-09-30 · diff ↗
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R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11
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R 4.4.0 released · 2024-04-24
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R 4.3.0 released · 2023-04-21
1.3
2023-03-21 · diff ↗
1.2
2022-09-04 · diff ↗
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R 4.2.0 released · 2022-04-22
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R 4.1.0 released · 2021-05-18
1.1
2021-04-27 · diff ↗
unarchivedReturned to CRAN
2021-04-27
archivedRemoved from CRAN
2021-04-21
check problems were not corrected in time
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R 4.0.0 released · 2020-04-24
1.0
2019-10-30

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R 3.6.0 released · 2019-04-26

Package metadata

Total releases: 6
License: GPL (>= 2) OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 3.0.2
Bundled data: 2.3 MB / 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("spBFA")

Format

Berchuck, S. I. (n.d.). spBFA: Spatial Bayesian Factor Analysis (Version 1.5.0) [Computer software]. Retrieved August 13, 2026, from https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=spBFA

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Format

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for spBFA version 1.5.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-13. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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