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title: 'nlfh: Nonlinear Fay-Herriot Models for Small Area Estimation'
version: 0.1.0
abstract: Fits nonlinear Bayesian extensions of the Fay-Herriot model for small area
  estimation using area-level direct estimates and corresponding sampling variances.
  The package provides model fitting, prediction, uncertainty summaries, and diagnostic
  tools for nonlinear small area estimation workflows.
authors:
- family-names: Parker
  given-names: Paul
  email: paulparker@ucsc.edu
preferred-citation:
  type: manual
  title: 'nlfh: Nonlinear Fay-Herriot Models for Small Area Estimation'
  authors:
  - family-names: Parker
    given-names: Paul A.
  year: '2026'
  notes: R package version 0.1.0
repository: https://cran.r-universe.dev
repository-code: https://github.com/paparker/nlfh
commit: dcb5fa9ba5063c4c16bb2e85d846c23cd57728cd
url: https://github.com/paparker/nlfh
date-released: '2026-06-12'
contact:
- family-names: Parker
  given-names: Paul
  email: paulparker@ucsc.edu
references:
- type: article
  title: Nonlinear Fay-Herriot Models for Small Area Estimation Using Random Weight
    Neural Networks
  authors:
  - family-names: Parker
    given-names: Paul A.
  journal: Journal of Official Statistics
  year: '2024'
  volume: '40'
  issue: '2'
  doi: 10.1177/0282423X241244671
  start: '317'
  end: '332'
- type: article
  title: 'BART-FH: Flexible Nonlinear Modeling for Small Area Estimation'
  authors:
  - family-names: Parker
    given-names: Paul A.
  - family-names: Eideh
    given-names: Abdulhakeem
  journal: Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology
  year: '2026'
  volume: '00'
  doi: 10.1093/jssam/smaf050
  start: '1'
  end: '18'