NEWS

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occumb 1.3.0 (2026-04-06)

• Add an option to select the NIMBLE engine in occumb() (thanks to hoxo-m).
• Add a vignette comparing the performance of the JAGS and NIMBLE engines.
• Fix a bug in eval_util_L() and eval_util_R() that could cause erroneous errors when species detection probabilities are low.
• Some internal changes for package testing.

occumb 1.2.2 (2026-01-09)

• This patch release includes internal changes for the anticipated JAGS 5.0.0 release (thanks to martynplummer) and fixes for math rendering issues in the package vignettes.

occumb 1.2.1 (2025-07-16)

• This patch release only fixes bibliographic information in package documents.

occumb 1.2.0 (2025-05-24)

• Add a data frame input option in occumbData().
• Add a data frame output option in get_post_samples() and get_post_summary().
• Add a data frame output option in predict().
• Add stats = chi_squared option to gof().
• Internal changes to fix a number of known bugs, more helpful error messages, and additional testing.
• Improved function documentation.

occumb 1.1.0 (2024-03-26)

• Add predict() method for occumbFit class.
• Fix summary() method for occumbFit: no longer outputs comments on convergence and DIC.
• Internal changes to fix a number of known bugs, more helpful messages, and additional testing.
• Improved function documentation and vignette.

occumb 1.0.3 (2024-01-08)

• Internal changes to fix a number of known bugs, more helpful error messages, and additional testing.
• Improved function documentation.

occumb 1.0.2 (2023-10-19)

• Fix license issue: occumb is licensed under GPLv3.
• Some document fixes.

occumb 1.0.1 (2023-09-23)

• This patch release fixes issues with plot() and summary() methods not being exported correctly.
• It also improves gof() to accept additional arguments for figure formatting.

occumb 1.0.0

• Add z, theta, and phi arguments to eval_util_L().
• Add psi, theta, and phi arguments to eval_util_R().
• Fix eval_util_R() to account for site-heterogeneity of parameters.
• Remove loglik() function from the package.
• Some bug fixes, internal changes, and document improvements.

occumb 0.6.1

• Add model specification vignette.
• Some fixes and improvements of documentation.

occumb 0.6.0

• Add package vignette.
• Add fish and fish_raw data.
• Add occumbGof class.
• Add and fix methods for occumbData, occumbFit, and occumbGof classes.
• Change defaults for cores arguments for gof(), eval_util_L(), and eval_util_R() functions.
• Some bug fixes, internal changes, and documentation improvements.

occumb 0.5.1

• Add pkgdown website.
• Some bug fixes and internal changes.

occumb 0.5.0

• Add get_post_samples() and get_post_summary() functions.
• Add option for parallel computation in gof() function.
• Fix some bugs in occumb() functions.
• Fix an issue of parallel computation of eval_util_L() and eval_util_R() functions on Windows.

occumb 0.4.2

• Fix an issue of parallel computation of eval_util_L() and eval_util_R() functions on Windows.

occumb 0.4.1

• Fix some computational issues in eval_util_L() and eval_util_R() functions.

occumb 0.4.0

• Add eval_util_L() and eval_util_R() functions.
• Add list_cond_L() and list_cond_R() functions.

occumb 0.3.0

• Add gof() function.
• Add loglik() function.
• Add ... argument to occumb() function.
• Add data field in occumbFit class.

occumb 0.2.1

• A few bug fixes.
• Add validations for the inputs of occumb().

occumb 0.2.0

• Change occumbData class specification and occumbData() function.
• Add occumb() function.
• Add methods for occumbFit class: plot, print, summary.

occumb 0.1.0

• Initial development of occumb package.
• Add occumbData() function.