approximator: Bayesian Prediction of Complex Computer Codes

Performs Bayesian prediction of complex computer codes when fast approximations are available. It uses a hierarchical version of the Gaussian process, originally proposed by Kennedy and O'Hagan (2000), Biometrika 87(1):1.

Version: 1.3-0
Depends: R (≥ 2.0.0), emulator (≥ 1.3-0)
Imports: mvtnorm, quadform
Published: 2026-09-10
DOI: 10.32614/CRAN.package.approximator
Author: Robin K. S. Hankin ORCID iD [aut, cre]
Maintainer: Robin K. S. Hankin <hankin.robin at gmail.com>
BugReports: https://github.com/RobinHankin/approximator/issues
License: GPL-2
URL: https://github.com/RobinHankin/approximator
NeedsCompilation: no
CRAN checks: approximator results

Documentation:

Reference manual: approximator.html , approximator.pdf
Vignettes: Apprex: a cookbook for the approximator package (source, R code)

Downloads:

Package source: approximator_1.3-0.tar.gz
Windows binaries: r-devel: approximator_1.2-8.zip, r-release: approximator_1.2-8.zip, r-oldrel: approximator_1.2-8.zip
macOS binaries: r-release (arm64): approximator_1.2-8.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): approximator_1.2-8.tgz, r-release (x86_64): approximator_1.2-8.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): approximator_1.2-8.tgz
Old sources: approximator archive

Reverse dependencies:

Reverse depends: BACCO

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