logKDE
The facts below are what the maker publishes about logKDE, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From logKDE's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| logKDE | Free | R package · GPL-3 |
The facts
Each one read from logKDE's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Authors and maintainer
- The listed authors are Hien D. Nguyen, Andrew T. Jones, and Geoffrey J. McLachlan; Andrew Thomas Jones is listed as maintainer.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Bandwidth methods
- Bandwidth options include methods applied to log-transformed data, positive-domain unbiased cross-validation, and a Silverman-type rule of thumb.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Bandwidth selection
- Available bandwidth methods include methods used by R's density function on log-transformed data, positive-domain unbiased cross-validation, and a Silverman-type rule of thumb.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Bayesian analysis
- Nochecked 24 Sep 2026
- Dependencies
- CRAN lists Rcpp and pracma as imports, and Rcpp as a linking dependency.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- desktopchecked 24 Sep 2026
- Estimation methods
- Its main functions are logdensity, which computes estimates directly, and logdensity_fft, which uses fast Fourier transformation to speed up computation.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Installation
- The package is available from CRAN, and the site also gives instructions for installing the current build from GitHub.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Intended data domain
- The estimator is designed for positive-domain data and produces estimates only over positive values.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Kernels
- Available kernels include Gaussian, Epanechnikov, Laplace, logistic, triangular, and uniform.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License
- The package is licensed under GPL-3.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Main functions
- Its main functions are logdensity and logdensity_fft, with the latter using fast Fourier transformation to speed computation.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Package version
- CRAN lists version 0.3.3, published 2025-11-29.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Plotting
- The estimation functions can be used with plot and produce output objects that support the usual plot commands.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- logKDE provides R functions for kernel density estimation on positive data using log-kernel density functions.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Regression models
- Nochecked 24 Sep 2026
- Scripting support
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
- Statistical tests
- Nochecked 24 Sep 2026
- Support
- The maker's site directs bug reports and support requests to the GitHub Issues page.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Testing
- The maker's site reports 74 passing tests, with no failures, warnings, or skips, for the GitHub build tested on 29 November 2025.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Platform binaries
- CRAN lists Windows binaries and macOS binaries for arm64 and x86_64.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Platforms
- CRAN lists Windows binaries and macOS binaries for arm64 and x86_64.checked 11 Oct 2026
