Merge pull request #161 from sfcheung/devel

0.10.4.24: Added root finding ("ur"), fixed some bugs, and makes the search more likely to succeed.

DESCRIPTION

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: semlbci
 Title: Likelihood-Based Confidence Interval in Structural Equation Models
-Version: 0.10.4
+Version: 0.10.4.24
 Authors@R:
     c(
       person(given = "Shu Fai",
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ License: GPL-3
 Encoding: UTF-8
 LazyData: true
 Roxygen: list(markdown = TRUE)
-RoxygenNote: 7.2.3
+RoxygenNote: 7.3.1
 Suggests:
     testthat (>= 3.0.0),
     knitr,
@@ -44,8 +44,10 @@ Imports:
     ggplot2,
     ggrepel,
     rlang,
-    pbapply
+    pbapply,
+    callr,
+    methods
 VignetteBuilder: knitr
 Config/testthat/parallel: true
 Config/testthat/edition: 3
-Config/testthat/start-first: semlbci_wn_mg_*
+Config/testthat/start-first: semlbci_wn_mg_*, ur_ci_bound_ur*

NAMESPACE

@@ -6,10 +6,16 @@ S3method(print,ci_order)
 S3method(print,cibound)
 S3method(print,semlbci)
 export(check_sem_out)
+export(ci_bound_ur)
+export(ci_bound_ur_i)
 export(ci_bound_wn_i)
 export(ci_i_one)
 export(ci_order)
+export(gen_est_i)
+export(gen_sem_out_userp)
+export(gen_userp)
 export(get_cibound)
+export(get_cibound_status_not_0)
 export(loglike_compare)
 export(loglike_point)
 export(loglike_quad_point)

NEWS.md

@@ -1,3 +1,110 @@
+# semlbci 0.10.4.24
+
+## New Feature
+
+- Add the method `"ur"` for forming the
+  LBCI. It uses root finding without
+  derivatives. It is inefficient before
+  a model with equality constraint is
+  fitted in each iteration. However, it
+  may be able to find the bound for a
+  parameter when the `"wn"` method
+  cannot. It also supports robust LBCI
+  using Satorra (2000) chi-square
+  difference test. (0.10.4.2)
+
+- Add `get_cibound_status_not_0()`. It
+  checks the status of each bound in
+  a `semlbci` object, and returns as
+  a list the `cibound` objects of
+  bounds with status not equal to zero.
+  For diagnostic purpose. (0.10.4.13)
+
+## Miscellaneous
+
+- Suppressed a harmless warning in a
+  test. (0.10.4.1)
+- Added the option to use load balancing
+  when calling `semlbci()` with
+  `use_pbapply` set to `TRUE`. Enabled
+  by default. (0.10.4.3)
+- Add error handlers in the output
+  of `set_constraints()` and
+  `ci_bound_wn_i()`. (0.10.4.4)
+- Revised `ci_bound_wn_i()` and
+  `ci_bound_ur_i()` to make
+  sure the bound is a numeric object,
+  even if `NA`. (0.10.4.5)
+- Speed up the examples of
+  `ci_bound_ur_i()` and `ci_bound_ur()`.
+  (0.10.4.7)
+- Precompute the interval in
+  `ci_bound_ur_i()` before calling
+  `ci_bound_ur()`. (0.10.4.8)
+- Use `kill()` instead of `close()`
+  in R sessions. (0.10.4.9)
+- Add `bound_start` and `user_est`
+  to the precomputed interval.
+  (0.10.4.10)
+- Modified several functions related to
+  `"ur"` method to have the option to
+  use an existing R session instead of
+  creating a new one. (0.10.4.11)
+- Store the error in the search and
+  display it in the printout.
+  (0.10.4.12)
+- Fixed some typos in doc.
+  (0.10.4.14)
+- Made the test for the match between
+  `sem_out` and `semlbci_out` in
+  `semlbci()` more robust. (0.10.4.15)
+- Fixed the order of the output when
+  `standardized` is `TRUE`. (0.10.4.16)
+- Fixed a bug in `print.cibound()` when
+  the call is of the form `xxx::yyy()`.
+  (0.10.4.17)
+- Added `fit_lb` and `fit_ub` arguments
+  to `ci_bound_wn_i()` for setting
+  the bounds. (0.10.4.18, 0.10.4.19)
+- Fixed a bug with `std_lav()` for
+  models with only one factor.
+  (0.10.4.20)
+- Added the `timeout` argument to
+  `ci_bound_wn_i()`, default to 300
+  (300 seconds or 5 minutes).
+  (0.10.4.21)
+- In `print.semlbci()`, added
+  suggestions on what to do if some
+  bounds could not be found (0.10.4.22)
+- Use whitespace instead of tab to
+  align the output of `print.cibound()`.
+  (0.10.4.23)
+- Fixed a bug with `semlbci()`.
+  Intercepts are now automatically
+  skipped if `standardized` is `TRUE`.
+  (0.10.4.24)
+
+## (Possibly) Breaking Changes
+
+- This may or may not be a breaking
+  changes. The default of
+  `try_k_more_times` in `semlbci()` was
+  changed from 2 to 0. These additional
+  attempts rarely help but usually
+  increase processing time
+  unnecessarily. (0.10.4.6)
+- Disabled further attempts in
+  the `wn` method by default
+  as they rarely help but they usually
+  increase
+  the processing time unnecessarily.
+  If necessary, one of the set of
+  attempts, successfully lower the
+  lower limits of variances can be
+  enabled again by setting `try_lb`
+  to `TRUE` when calling `semlbci()`
+  (0.10.4.6)
+
 # semlbci 0.10.4
 
 ## New Feature