R Observatory: Metrics for uncertainUCDP version 0.7.6

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

uncertainUCDP

0.7.6

Parametric Mixture Models for Uncertainty Estimation of Fatalities in UCDP Conflict Data

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Overview

About

Maintained by David RandahlFirst published 2024-07-024 releasesCRAN page ↗

Provides functions for estimating uncertainty in the number of fatalities in the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) data. The package implements a parametric reported-value Gumbel mixture distribution that accounts for the uncertainty in the number of fatalities in the UCDP data. The model is based on information from a survey on UCDP coders and how they view the uncertainty of the number of fatalities from UCDP events. The package provides functions for making random draws of fatalities from the mixture distribution, as well as to estimate percentiles, quantiles, means, and other statistics of the distribution. Full details on the survey and estimation procedure can be found in Vesco et al (2024).

Install

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

install.packages("uncertainUCDP", 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-uncertainucdp

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

# 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-uncertainUCDP

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-uncertainUCDP

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

Health

CRAN checks

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Slowest check: 1.1 min · r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

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Coverage

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Documentation · exports

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Dependencies · direct

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14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE

Documentation

READMENoVignettesNopkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 67% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 100%
Documented parameters: 92%
Return-value docs: 100%
References docs: 0%

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Dependencies

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6 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

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R >= 3.5

Imports (6)

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Package Timeline

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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 4.4.0 released · 2024-04-24

Package metadata

First published: 2024-07-02
Total releases: 4 / 2 yrs
License: GPL (>= 3) OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 3.5
Bundled data: 148 KB / 1 file
Download size: 693 KB
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

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Format

Randahl, D. (2026). uncertainUCDP: Parametric Mixture Models for Uncertainty Estimation of Fatalities in UCDP Conflict Data (Version 0.7.6) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.uncertainUCDP

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Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for uncertainUCDP version 0.7.6 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-23. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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