R Observatory: Metrics for subplex version 1.9

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

subplex

1.9Package record

Unconstrained Optimization using the Subplex Algorithm

10packages dependsuggested by 6

113Kdownloads / year

100.0%test coverage

13/13flavors OK

Overview

About

Maintained by Aaron A. KingCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗Issues ↗

The subplex algorithm for unconstrained optimization, developed by Tom Rowan.

Changes in 1.9

subplex now requires R version 4.1 or later.
The only changes are invisible to the user, allowing subplex to stay up to date with development of R.

From inst/NEWS.Rd in the release

Install

R (CRAN)pak (dev)Ubuntu (r2u)Fedora (COPR)openSUSE (OBS)

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

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

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

Development version from kingaa/subplex. 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-subplex

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

# enable the iucar/cran COPR if it is not already present, then install
ls /etc/yum.repos.d/*iucar*cran*.repo >/dev/null 2>&1 \
  || sudo dnf copr enable -y iucar/cran
sudo dnf install -y R-CRAN-subplex

RPMs from the iucar/cran COPR, rebuilt from CRAN.

For install.packages() integration in R, also: sudo dnf install R-CoprManager

# 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-subplex

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed). We list this channel from recorded autoCRAN download activity rather than from a live index of the repository, so treat it as last known rather than guaranteed.

Health

CRAN checks

13OK

CRAN check page ↗

Slowest check: 2.5 min · r-devel-windows-x86_64

Status changes

OK13 OK2026-08-04
NOTE12 OK, 1 NOTE2026-08-01
OK14 OK2026-03-10

Advisories

none known

How this is measured·How advisories are found

Documentation

In release 1.9

README· In the repository, left out of the releaseVignettesNoNEWSYes · mentions 1.9Citation fileNo

Help pages: 2includes a package overview page
Examples that run: 100%1 run in a plain check
Exported functions with examples: 100%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 100%
Help pages citing references: 100%

How these are measured

Downloads

113K

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #1,198 · ~310/day · ~9.4K/mo

Releases R versions

Daily download trend is not available in this view yet.

11.9K30 days

27.4K90 days

113K1 year

Compare downloads with other packages →

Also on1.5K r2u1 autocran6.3K conda_forge201 c2d4u

How downloads are counted

Repository

kingaa/subplex ↗Account: kingaa

11Stars

2Forks

0Open issues

0Open PRs

14Releases

132Commits

2Commit identities

numerical-optimizationrr-packagecranoptimization

License file reads as GPL-3.0 · 132 commits · Last activity 2026-03-23

Responsiveness

How these are sampled

PRs merged (all time): not measured
Median days to close, 50 most recently updated closed issues: 0
Median days to close, 50 most recently updated closed PRs: not measured

Stars over time

2025-08-23 · 112026-07-07 · 11

How these are measured

PracticesBeta

7 development-tooling and community-health practices detected across 5 families in the upstream repository

Checks run against github.com/kingaa/subplex on 2026-10-18.

Continuous integration (3)

GitHub ActionsR CMD check workflowTravis CI (config file)

The R CMD check workflow runs on Linux, macOS and Windows, and on R-devel

Docs source (1)

GitHub Pages site last deployed 2024-07-05

Coverage (1)

Coverage reporting

Reproducibility and dev environment (1)

Makefile

Show all practicesHide 1 practice

CRAN release process (1)

revdep/

How this is detected·Detection ruleset v3 (2026-09-26)

Dependencies

Declared dependencies

1 external dependency (excludes base and recommended)

Installing subplex adds no packages beyond those that come with R.

Depends (1)

R >= 4.1.0

Imports (0)

none

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (1)

tinytest

Enhances (0)

none

Dependency license breakdown →

Reverse dependencies

10direct

33indirect

Depends 2 · Imports 8

Suggested by 6

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Depends, Imports or LinkingTo, most downloaded first

geiger diversitree mvMORPH DDD ouch hisse DAISIE cops flexFitR simRestore

Suggests, most downloaded first

metafor optimx pomp CollocInfer secsse ROI.plugin.optimx

How these are counted

Code & Tests

People & History

People (2)

Aaron A. King

Author, Translator, Maintainer since 1.0-10 (2007)

Tom Rowan

Author

Listed in earlier versions (3)

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Rick Reeves

no longer listed · 1.0-10 to 1.0-11

King

no longer listed · 1.5-2 to 1.9

Rowan

no longer listed · 1.5-2 to 1.9

Releases (15)

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R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
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R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11
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R 4.3.0 released · 2023-04-21
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R 4.2.0 released · 2022-04-22
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R 4.1.0 released · 2021-05-18
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R 4.0.0 released · 2020-04-24
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R 3.6.0 released · 2019-04-26
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R 3.5.0 released · 2018-04-23
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R 3.4.0 released · 2017-04-21
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R 3.3.0 released · 2016-05-03
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R 3.2.0 released · 2015-04-16
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R 3.1.0 released · 2014-04-10
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R 3.0.0 released · 2013-04-03
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R 2.15.0 released · 2012-03-30
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R 2.14.0 released · 2011-10-31
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R 2.13.0 released · 2011-04-13
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R 2.12.0 released · 2010-10-15
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R 2.11.0 released · 2010-04-22
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R 2.10.0 released · 2009-10-26
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R 2.9.0 released · 2009-04-17
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R 2.8.0 released · 2008-10-20
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R 2.7.0 released · 2008-04-22
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R 2.6.0 released · 2007-10-03

Package metadata

First published: 2007-12-05
Total releases: 15 / 19 yrs
License: GPL-3 OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 4.1.0
Download size: 29 KB

Appears in task views

Optimization and Mathematical Programming

Cite

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citation("subplex")

Format

King, A. A., & Rowan, T. (2024). subplex: Unconstrained Optimization using the Subplex Algorithm (Version 1.9) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.subplex

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Format

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for subplex version 1.9 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-10-21. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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