NEWS

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imanr 2.0.0 (2025-02-12)

Major Updates

• Replaced Random Forest model with Boosted Ensemble

  • The package now uses a Boosted Ensemble (XGBoost) model instead of the previous Random Forest.
  • This transition increases accuracy while reducing model size, significantly improving efficiency.

• Enhanced computational performance

  • Model inference is now faster and more memory-efficient.
  • The package remains fully functional while requiring significantly less storage.

Bug Fixes & Improvements

• Optimized data handling and model integration for improved usability.
• Minor updates to documentation and internal functions.

imanr 1.0.2 (2024-06-23)

• After receiving feedback from previous CRAN submission, some adjustments were made.
  • bdMaiz, the database used as basis for imputation was reduced in size to optimize the function working time.
  • The examples and tests were adjusted so that installation time is shorter.

imanr 1.0.1

• After receiving feedback from previous CRAN submission, some adjustments were made.
  • Parallelization is done with doParallel for improved performance and compatibility.
  • License file is added.
  • Documentation fixes in the Author, Title and Import fields.
  • Some links that were previously broken were fixed for the README file.

imanr 1.0.0

• Version was upgraded for sending the package to CRAN evaluation.

imanr 0.1.0.9000

• This is a development version.
• Added a NEWS.md file to track changes to the package.