sparcl
Perform Sparse Hierarchical Clustering and Sparse K-Means Clustering
Description
Implements the sparse clustering methods of Witten and Tibshirani (2010): "A framework for feature selection in clustering"; published in Journal of the American Statistical Association 105(490): 713-726.
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Last 90 days
12.8K
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autoCRAN-only: this name is served only by autoCRAN, so the count is exact.
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Trend: -45.9% (30d vs prior 30d)
CRAN Check Status
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| Flavor | Status |
|---|---|
| r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang | NOTE |
| r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc | NOTE |
| r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang | NOTE |
| r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc | NOTE |
| r-devel-windows-x86_64 | OK |
| r-oldrel-macos-arm64 | OK |
| r-oldrel-macos-x86_64 | OK |
| r-oldrel-windows-x86_64 | OK |
| r-patched-linux-x86_64 | OK |
| r-release-linux-x86_64 | OK |
| r-release-macos-arm64 | OK |
| r-release-macos-x86_64 | OK |
| r-release-windows-x86_64 | OK |
Check details (4 non-OK)
CRAN incoming feasibility
Maintainer: ‘Daniela Witten <dwitten@u.washington.edu>’
No Authors@R field in DESCRIPTION.
Please add one, modifying
Authors@R: c(person(given = c("Daniela", "M."),
family = "Witten",
role = "aut"),
person(given = "Robert",
family = "Tibshirani",
role = "aut"),
person(given = "Daniela",
family = "Witten",
role = "cre",
email = "dwitten@u.washington.edu"))
as necessary.
CRAN incoming feasibility
Maintainer: ‘Daniela Witten <dwitten@u.washington.edu>’
No Authors@R field in DESCRIPTION.
Please add one, modifying
Authors@R: c(person(given = c("Daniela", "M."),
family = "Witten",
role = "aut"),
person(given = "Robert",
family = "Tibshirani",
role = "aut"),
person(given = "Daniela",
family = "Witten",
role = "cre",
email = "dwitten@u.washington.edu"))
as necessary.
compiled code
File ‘sparcl/libs/sparcl.so’: Found no calls to: ‘R_registerRoutines’, ‘R_useDynamicSymbols’ It is good practice to register native routines and to disable symbol search. See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual.
compiled code
File ‘sparcl/libs/sparcl.so’: Found no calls to: ‘R_registerRoutines’, ‘R_useDynamicSymbols’ It is good practice to register native routines and to disable symbol search. See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual.
Check History
NOTE 10 OK · 4 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 10, 2026
CRAN incoming feasibility
Maintainer: ‘Daniela Witten <dwitten@u.washington.edu>’
No Authors@R field in DESCRIPTION.
Please add one, modifying
Authors@R: c(person(given = c("Daniela", "M."),
family = "Witten",
role = "aut"),
...[truncated]...
family = "Tibshirani",
role = "aut"),
person(given = "Daniela",
family = "Witten",
role = "cre",
email = "dwitten@u.washington.edu"))
as necessary.
CRAN incoming feasibility
Maintainer: ‘Daniela Witten <dwitten@u.washington.edu>’
No Authors@R field in DESCRIPTION.
Please add one, modifying
Authors@R: c(person(given = c("Daniela", "M."),
family = "Witten",
role = "aut"),
...[truncated]...
family = "Tibshirani",
role = "aut"),
person(given = "Daniela",
family = "Witten",
role = "cre",
email = "dwitten@u.washington.edu"))
as necessary.
compiled code
File ‘sparcl/libs/sparcl.so’: Found no calls to: ‘R_registerRoutines’, ‘R_useDynamicSymbols’ It is good practice to register native routines and to disable symbol search. See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual.
compiled code
File ‘sparcl/libs/sparcl.so’: Found no calls to: ‘R_registerRoutines’, ‘R_useDynamicSymbols’ It is good practice to register native routines and to disable symbol search. See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual.
Code
Structure
Lines of code
1,206
Files
22
Compiled share
3.2%
Has compiled src
Yes
Language breakdown
API
Exported functions
14
Internal functions
15
Recent export changes
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
83.3%
\dontrun example ratio
0%
Roxygen coverage
100%
Has pkgdown
No
NEWS present
No
Health & Security signals
Informational signals; not verdicts.
on.exit coverage
33.3%
Unsafe pattern score
0
Dep constraint coverage
–
Secret pattern count
0
Bundled 3rd-party code
2 items
Portability & License
Min R version
–
System requirements
–
C++ standard
–
License
GPL-2
License flags
SPDX valid, OSI approved
History
Versions
5
First release
2009-07-06
Latest release
2018-10-24
Avg cadence
638 days
Cold removal rate
100%
Dep drift
0
LOC over versions
Per-file churn detail lives in the source pipeline: https://github.com/r-observatory/cran-code-metrics.