NEWS

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serp 0.2.5 (2024-11-25)

• Resolved issues causing failures in CRAN checks on multiple platforms.
• Added tibble, vctrs, and pkgdown to Suggests.
• Minor fixes applied to the serp.fit file.

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serp 0.2.4 (2022-02-16)

• The errorMetrics() function is no longer exported. An equivalent function with enhanced functionality is provided by the erroR() function in the gofcat package.
• Fixed dependency-induced bugs in package tests.
• Removed the License file from the DESCRIPTION and associated file docs.
• Minor updates to the serp documentation.

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serp 0.2.3 (2021-11-07)

• CRAN release.
• Imported crayon to enable colored outputs in returned objects.
• Improved test coverage by updating serp tests.
• Fixed a bug in errorMetrics, with the model argument removed.
• Added a print method and object class for errorMetrics results.
• Replaced cat() with message() where appropriate.
• Added a citation for the serp package.

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serp 0.2.2

• JOSS release.
• Minor updates to serp documentation.
• Provided coefficient() as an alias for coef().
• Updated README.md to include community guidelines and a contributors' code of conduct.

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serp 0.2.1 (2021-09-01)

• Initial submission to CRAN.

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serp 0.2.0.9001

• Added the update function to the namespace.
• Included examples in the documentation of various functions.
• Set the shrinkage parameter's upper limit to 1e10 in serp.control.
• Fixed bugs in the test functions.

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serp 0.2.0.9000

• Replaced the deviance tuning option in serp.tuneMethod with AIC.
• serp output now includes residual degrees of freedom (rdf).
• Added functionality to compute effective degrees of freedom and rdf from the trace of the generalized hat matrix.
• Updated the "Value" section of the serp.summary documentation.
• Enhanced serp test functions.
• Made changes to README.Rmd and README.md.

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serp 0.2.0 (2021-07-25)

• Released version 0.2.0 of serp.

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serp 0.1.9.9001

• Re-submitted to CRAN.

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serp 0.1.9.9000

• Fixed all issues identified in the last CRAN release.

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serp 0.1.9

• Submitted serp version 0.1.9 to CRAN.

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serp 0.1.8.9007

• Updated README.md.
• Added DOI to the DESCRIPTION file.
• Updated references in serp documentation.

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serp 0.1.8.9006

• Fixed bugs in tests.

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serp 0.1.8.9005

• Reconstructed tests to improve unit test coverage.
• Revised error and warning messages in key serp functions.
• Fixed bugs in anova.serp.

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serp 0.1.8.9004

• Updated the License field in DESCRIPTION.
• Fixed bugs in example code.
• Corrected bugs in test files.

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serp 0.1.8.9003

• Corrected column titles for predicted values with reverse = TRUE.
• Fixed bugs in the deviance function (dvfun).
• Enhanced the serp.predict function to handle single and multiple row inputs.
• Improved the iteration algorithm in serp.fit.
• Removed commented lines from the main serp function.
• Moved reverse and linkf arguments from the main function to serp.fit.
• Corrected results for loglog and cloglog links with reverse = TRUE.
• Split long lines of code in the score function for readability.
• Updated starting values to account for different link functions.
• Removed the reverse statement from the cv function.
• Deprecated reverse.fun in summary.serp.
• Normalized predicted values in errorMetrics for efficiency.

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serp 0.1.8.9002

• Updated warning messages in serp.fit.
• Fixed a bug in serp.fit when specifying gridType.
• Removed trainError from serp output.
• Deprecated reverse.fun.
• Made minor adjustments to penalty.print.
• Fixed bugs in print.summary.serp.
• Adjusted summary.serp to exclude trainError.
• Reconstructed the predict function and fixed bugs related to the newdata argument.
• Fixed bugs in the anova function, now including slope type in the output.
• Disabled anova tests for the penalize slope type.
• Updated warning messages in serp.control.

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serp 0.1.8.9001

• Adopted a new license for serp.

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serp 0.1.8.9000

• Added badges and a hexagon sticker to README.md.

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serp 0.1.8 (2021-01-29)

• Re-submitted the serp package to CRAN.
• Included references to methods used in the package in the DESCRIPTION field.
• Added Value sections to all exported methods with detailed explanations.
• Enabled all examples by removing \dontrun{} blocks.
• Removed all occurrences of <<- in functions.
• Updated README.md.