<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:r="https://r-universe.dev"><channel><title>atiretoo.r-universe.dev</title><link>https://atiretoo.r-universe.dev</link><description>Recent package updates in atiretoo</description><generator>R-universe</generator><image><url>https://github.com/atiretoo.png</url><title>R packages by atiretoo</title><link>https://atiretoo.r-universe.dev</link></image><lastBuildDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 21:24:34 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title>[atiretoo] raretrans 1.0.5</title><author>raymond.tremblay@upr.edu (Raymond Tremblay)</author><description>Provides functions to correct biased transition and
fertility estimates in population projection matrices caused by
small sample sizes. Small or short-term studies frequently
produce structural zeros (biologically possible transitions
never observed) and structural ones (transitions estimated at
100% survival, stasis, or mortality that are biologically
implausible). Both distort matrix structure and bias estimates
of population growth. Implements a multinomial-Dirichlet
Bayesian prior for transition probabilities and a Gamma-Poisson
prior for reproduction, allowing analysts to incorporate prior
biological knowledge and regularise estimates from rare or
unobserved events. Includes functions to compute marginal
posterior credible intervals for all transition probabilities
(transition_CrI()), visualise those intervals as point-range
plots (plot_transition_CrI()), and display the full posterior
beta density for each matrix entry (plot_transition_density()).
Methods are described in Tremblay et al. (2021)
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